U.S. Sen. Warnock visits the Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville to discuss maternal health

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  • Submitted photo. While Sen. Raphael Warnock visited Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville on Aug. 8 to discuss the maternal health work Northeast Georgia Health System is doing, he received a tour of the neonatal intensive care unit.
    Submitted photo. While Sen. Raphael Warnock visited Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville on Aug. 8 to discuss the maternal health work Northeast Georgia Health System is doing, he received a tour of the neonatal intensive care unit.
  • Submitted photo. From L-R: Laurisa Guerrero, executive director of Georgia Council for Recovery; Katelyn Burton holding son Mykigh Burton, Georgia Council for Recovery program participant; Carol Burrell, president and CEO of NGHS; Raphael Warnock, United States Senator; Aubrey Williams, Coordinator of neonatal community outreach at NGMC; Brittany Smith, nurse director for the neonatal intensive care unit at NGMC.
    Submitted photo. From L-R: Laurisa Guerrero, executive director of Georgia Council for Recovery; Katelyn Burton holding son Mykigh Burton, Georgia Council for Recovery program participant; Carol Burrell, president and CEO of NGHS; Raphael Warnock, United States Senator; Aubrey Williams, Coordinator of neonatal community outreach at NGMC; Brittany Smith, nurse director for the neonatal intensive care unit at NGMC.

    GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Maternal mortality is getting more and more attention in Georgia as the state has one of the country’s highest maternal mortality rates.

    Northeast Georgia Heath System (NGHS) is at t…