Business & Tech
Gwinnett Med Accepting All Patients Again
The hospital was forced to divert some patients after being hit by a computer virus last week.
is practically back to normal after being last week. The virus forced both the Lawrenceville and Duluth campuses to send Trauma 2 patients to other facilities.
GMC Spokeswoman Beth Okun sent the following statement to Patch Saturday evening: "Gwinnett Medical Center has transitioned from paper records to an online system in our Emergency Departments. As a result, we are no longer on trauma by-pass and are accepting all patients. This decision was made by our trauma surgeon. Furthermore, our technical monitoring systems have shown no evidence of the virus since yesterday (Friday) afternoon. We are following our plan to restore interconnectivity to our computer systems."
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