Jennifer Hilliard ScottU.S. Rep. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. has helped secure $2 million in federal funding for the Medical College of Georgia’s Southwest Campus as part of the Fiscal Year 2023 funding bill.
MCG will use the funds to create a primary care workforce training hub that will help provide more physicians and medical professionals to work in and serve rural and underserved communities, particularly in Southwest Georgia.
“The Southwest Campus will become a hub where medical students will be trained to address Georgia’s health care challenges and gain valuable experience in the communities in which they are needed to serve,” said Bishop. “One of my top priorities in Congress is to make sure our rural and underserved communities have the health care professionals, equipment and facilities they need to ensure residents have all of their medical needs met at or as close to home as possible.”
Augusta University leaders said the funding will help MCG fulfill a crucial mission to serve all Georgia residents.
