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Thursday, May 16, 2013  Updated with video; Tift Regional Medical Center was recently named Regional Coordinating Hospital of the Year by the Georgia Hospital Association and the Georgia Department of Public Health for its efforts in disaster preparedness.

Monday, May 06, 2013  Officials with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation have released details about a Friday shooting that caused a lockdown at the Tift Regional Medical Center.

Friday, May 03, 2013  An incident at Tift Regional Medical Center in the parking lot Friday afternoon has resulted in injuries, with none being confirmed as life threatening.

Sunday, February 24, 2013  Updated with video; 44 first responders and nurses experienced a very realistic training course simulating how to react to a bomb-in-a-theatre situation in Tifton on Friday.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  Tift Regional Medical Center is now offering the latest in robotic technology for minimally-invasive gallbladder removal, as Dr. David McEachin recently performed single-site robotic gallbladder surgery.

Thursday, January 10, 2013  The Tift Regional Medical Center (TRMC) Foundation will hold the annual Hearts and Diamonds Gala on Saturday, Feb. 2, 7:00 p.m. to midnight, at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center.

Thursday, December 13, 2012  Updated with video; Trisha Yearwood and her sister Beth Bernard are set to perform for the Tift Regional Medical Center tree lighting ceremony.

Monday, November 26, 2012 

Friday, September 14, 2012  Updated with video; Patients won't have to travel far to get top-of-the-line breast cancer treatments thanks to a new certification.

Friday, May 11, 2012  Tift Regional Medical Center is celebrating the first year of having an advance ICU system in-place for patient care.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012  Updated with video; The Hospital Authority of Tift County,The hospitals' presidents say the acquisitions are a result of the new federal healthcare implementations.

Tuesday, March 06, 2012  Updated with video; The majority of the 40 people let go were notified Monday about the reduction.