MCG Health System is looking to hold on to its title and Doctors Hospital is coming out swinging as the two hospitals battle it out in the second annual Softball Challenge to benefit the American Heart Association Heart Walk. The pitches start flying on Thursday, October 26, at 6:30 p.m. at the Augusta GreenJackets Stadium.

Tickets will be available at the gate for $5. Concessions will also be available.

MCG Cardiovascular Center was the presenting sponsor and Doctors Hospital was the Kids Korner! sponsor for the AHA Heart Walk, which took place on Saturday, October 21.

MCG Health System is composed of three separate organizations -- MCG Health, Inc. and the clinical services offered by the faculty employees of the Medical College of Georgia and the members of the MCG Physicians Practice Group Foundation. The physicians of MCG Health System are community physicians, faculty employees of the Medical College of Georgia, or employees of the MCG Physicians Practice Group Foundation, not employees of MCG Health, Inc.  MCG Health, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation operating the MCG Medical Center, MCG Children’s Medical Center, the MCG Sports Medicine Center, MCG Ambulatory Care Center, the Georgia Radiation Therapy Center and related clinical facilities and services. MCG Health, Inc. was formed to support the research and education mission of the Medical College of Georgia and to build the economic growth of the CSRA, the state of Georgia and the Southeast by providing an environment for faculty employees of the Medical College of Georgia and the MCG Physicians Practice Group Foundation and community physicians to deliver the highest level of primary and specialty health care.  For more information, please visit www.MCGHealth.org.

Doctors Hospital, named one of the Top 100 hospitals in the nation in 2000, is a 354-bed full service medical/surgical facility and home to the nationally acclaimed Joseph M. Still Burn Center. 

Accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Doctors Hospital is committed to providing quality health services along with wellness information and opportunities to the communities it serves.

Located at 3651 Wheeler Road in Augusta, Georgia, Doctors Hospital has over 400 physicians on its medical staff and employs over 1,400 staff.  An integral part of Augusta for over 30 years, Doctors Hospital continues to meet the growing needs of its neighboring communities through new hospital services and programs and the continuous enhancement of existing services.

The Joseph M. Still Burn Center at Doctors Hospital is among the world's leading burn treatment facilities. The 55-bed unit serves over 2,000 acute burn patients annually and has achieved a survival rate of 96 percent. 

For more information about programs or services at Doctors Hospital, please call (706) 651-3232, or log on to www.doctors-hospital.net.