Staff at Hawkinsville Facilty Aims for Quality Health Care and Relationships with Patients

HAWKINSVILLE, Georgia – Today, Georgia health officials are celebrating the men and women who bring health to rural communities for the second annual Rural Health Day.

Dr. Mark Senger is no stranger to the big city. He got his medical degree at Emory University in Atlanta.

“Only about 10% of physicians practice in rural areas where a significant part of the population at least the medicare and medicaid live in that area,” says Dr. Senger.

As part of a government program, his schooling was paid for in exchange for a four year commitment at a rural health care facility. He chose Taylor Regional Hospital. Six years later he’s still there.

“Most of our patients if you asked them, they would say they’re part of the family,” says Senger.