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Tuesday, June 18, 2013  Lawsuit claims Phoebe negligence rendered him a quadriplegic.

Sunday, June 16, 2013  Do you know the risks of being outside when it's so hot?

Sunday, June 16, 2013  Updated with video; Saturday, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital hosted their 12th annual Men's Health Conference.

Saturday, June 15, 2013  Updated with video; The Naval Branch Health Clinic held their change of charge ceremony at the Marine Corps Logistics Base.

Saturday, June 15, 2013  Updated with video; The Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital System is holding a blue jean fundraiser to help Moore, Oklahoma tornado victims.

Monday, June 10, 2013  Updated with video; Just in time for summer, a new study is out showing that swimming injuries are up by nearly 20% in the U.S.

Friday, June 07, 2013  Updated with video; The Hospital Authority of Albany-Dougherty County, Georgia, and Phoebe Putney defendants have agreed to halt the integration of the former Palmyra Park Hospital while an administrative law judge considers a Federal Trade Commission complaint challenging the merger as anticompetitive.

Friday, June 07, 2013  Eric Greene was traveling west on Old Dawson Rd. in his 1997 Chevrolet Tahoe when Truitt Smith, who traveling west on Old Dawson Rd., failed to stop at the traffic light at Pointe North and struck Greene in the rear causing him to flip several times.

Wednesday, June 05, 2013  Updated with video; CEO Joel Wernick spoke during Wednesday's Phoebe Hospital Board meeting on hospital charges and how they compare to other hospitals in the region and state.

Monday, June 03, 2013  Updated wtih video; Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital kicks off the weekend with cancer screenings for local residents.

Sunday, June 02, 2013  This weekend was "National Cancer Survivor," weekend, and here in Albany those that have battled the disease and lived are celebrating.

Sunday, June 02, 2013  Updated with video; Phoebe East employees, patients and staff have returned inside the facility after experiencing an electrical power outage Friday afternoon.

Friday, May 31, 2013  Lauren Ray, director of Phoebe Foundation, and Mandy Lanier, child life specialist at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, received a check Thursday for more than $4,000 from Lee Durham Attorneys at Law.

Thursday, May 30, 2013  After a south Georgia horse tests positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis, health care professionals are warning horse owners to get their animals vaccinated.

Thursday, May 30, 2013  Five state parks are being turned over to a private company out of Florida, including the Georgia Veterans Memorial State Park and Lake Blackshear Resort in Cordele.