Summarized by the Alliance for Fort Gordon
Published May 22, 2026
Local elected officials support keeping Eisenhower Army Medical Center functioning as a full-service facility.
The Defense Health Agency (DHA) announced plans to transition EAMC into an ambulatory care center, ending inpatient care with the emergency room as an urgent care facility.
The reaction is eye-opening.
State Rep. Mark Howard (R-District 127) views the announcement through three lenses. As an elected official, a doctor, and a military retiree who served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. He told ABD he was both surprised and disappointed at the announcement.