Navicent Health awarded two national honors by American Heart Association

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – For the 8th year in a row, Navicent Health Hospital has been awarded the Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement award and Target Stroke Honor Roll Elite award for providing outstanding medical care to patients.

The hospital’s stroke team received the award on Tuesday along with a plaque to signify the momentous occasion.

Stroke specialist Denise Goings says she’s grateful for their team and proud to have received the award.

“We’re honored to have such a tremendous stroke team here at our facility starting from our EMS community, through the EC into the ICU to the floors out in the community for home health for rehab for inpatient rehab,” she said.

The American Heart Association and American Stroke Association give those awards out to a select group of medical providers from across the nation each year.