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Christmas is on time
Christmas is on time
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With the help of Effingham Hospital staff, the Effingham Chamber of Commerce and Bob Rogers, Dr. Joey Christmas cuts the ribbon on his new surgical practice at Effingham Hospital on Thursday morning. - photo by Photo by Patrick Donahue
Patrick Donahue
Updated: Jul 1, 2010, 10:40 PM
Published: Jul 1, 2010, 10:42 PM
Dr. Joey Christmas officially opened his practice, Effingham Surgical Services, with a cut of a ribbon Thursday morning.
 
Dr. Christmas’ office will be in the professional building adjacent to Effingham Hospital. He said he already has three and a half weeks’ worth of patients, and Dr. James Cornwell vowed to keep patients coming his way.
 
“We truly have Christmas in July,” said Effingham Hospital CEO Norma Jean Morgan.
 
Dr. Christmas was previously at Phelps County Regional Medical Center in Rolla, Mo. Procedures he will perform include appendectomies, biopsies, colonoscopies and endoscopies, gallbladder surgeries, hemorrhoid removal, hernia repair and laproscopies.
 
Dr. Christmas and his wife Elizabeth have three sons.
‘They Ran Toward Gunfire:' Fort Stewart Soldiers Hailed as Heroes After Base Shooting
Ft. Stewart shooting
Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll awards the Meritorious Service Medal to Sgt. Aaron Turner, who helped take down the armed soldier accused of opening fire during Wednesday morning’s shooting at Fort Stewart. (Pat Donahue / Coastal Courier)
By Pat Donahue
Special to Effingham Herald
Updated: Aug 7, 2025, 7:02 PM
Published: Aug 7, 2025, 7:03 PM
A day after a soldier opened fire at Fort Stewart, Army leaders are praising those who stopped the shooter as investigators probe how a weapon made it on base. One soldier remains hospitalized. This report is from our Morris Multimedia sister newspaper, the Coastal Courier in Hinesville. Read how split-second heroism may have saved countless lives.
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