[1][2] Hall County Hospital, the predecessor to Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, opened on September 1, 1951, as a 90-bed hospital.

Hall County Hospital underwent a $10 million expansion and was renamed Northeast Georgia Medical Center in 1976.

[3][4] In 2023, the hospital was designated as Georgia's fifth American College of Surgeons (ACS) verified Level I trauma center.

[5][6] The hospital also features a labor and delivery unit and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit.

[2] Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville's campus is home to Laurelwood Behavioral Health, a 54-bed inpatient behavioral health facility.