Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle
Overview
Baptist Golden Triangle in Columbus, Mississippi, is a major regional acute-care facility with more than 300 beds and a Level III trauma center, serving patients throughout East Mississippi and West Alabama.
The hospital offers a wide range of services including emergency care, surgery, cancer treatment, behavioral health, women’s health, maternity, wound care treatment and much more.
Baptist Golden Triangle also offers advanced heart and vascular care, combining innovative procedures like TAVR, cardiac catheterization and CardioMEMS monitoring with nationally recognized cardiac rehab and stroke programs.
The hospital has earned multiple honors from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association for its excellence in heart attack, stroke and diabetes-related care. Read about these honors here.
Hospital Information
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle is a 323-bed acute care hospital in Columbus, Mississippi. As one of the largest entity hospitals in Baptist Memorial Health Care’s system of 24 hospitals, Baptist Golden Triangle has been caring for residents of the East Mississippi and West Alabama area for more than 50 years.
With more than 100 physicians and surgeons representing nearly every medical specialty, we provide a full range of comprehensive medical services. We strive to provide high-quality health care services and emphasize quality and patient safety.
Baptist Golden Triangle was recognized as the top hospital in Mississippi for quality in 2022 by Blue Cross & Blue Shield, was named the Overall Top Comprehensive Quality Model Performer Hospital in 2022, and recognized for how well we kept patients from being readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of being discharged.
We also received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment. And, we were recognized by Vizient, a national organization dedicated to improving health care solutions, as a Top Ten Performer in the 2022 Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD Quality Leadership Ranking. Baptist Golden Triangle also earned Vizient’s Bernard A. Birnbaum Quality and Accountability Award as a Complex Care Medical Center.
At Baptist Golden Triangle, we’re committed to keeping our patients, visitors and staff safe. Learn more about the security measures we have taken to ensure your safety.
9:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m.
6:00 a.m. until 6:30 a.m.
9:00 a.m. until 9:30 a.m.
Noon until 1:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m.
8:30 p.m. until 9:15 p.m.
Located on the first floor of the 5th Street Building.
Breakfast: 6:30 a.m. until 10:00 a.m.
Lunch: 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.
Weekends & Holidays: 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. only
Located on the first floor.
Lunch: 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.
Snacks/Grab & Go: 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.
Dinner: 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.
Weekends and Holidays: 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.
For the convenience of our patients and visitors, parking is located at the 5th Street entrance on the west side of the building. Parking is also available in lots along Baptist Boulevard, on the east and south sides of our campus.
Both of our hospital chapels are always open to provide quiet places for prayer and meditation. One chapel is located on the first floor, just off of the lobby of the 5th Street building; the other is located on the first floor of the Patient Tower, across from the gift shop.
Chaplains offer pastoral care for patients and family members who request assistance with spiritual concerns. The Pastoral Care office is open from 7:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
To contact a hospital chaplain on nights and weekends, call the hospital switchboard at 662-244-1000. Director of Pastoral Care Jonathan Blackburn can be reached at [email protected] or 662-244-1258.
Operated by our hospital Auxiliary, the Golden-Triangle gift shop is located in the lobby of the Patient Tower and is stocked with a variety of snacks, candy, flowers, green plants, personal items, balloons, stuffed animals, baby items, picture frames, candles, handbags, women's apparel, jewelry, seasonal gifts, gift baskets and much more. All proceeds from the gift shop are invested back into our hospital.
Monday through Friday: 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
Phone: 662-244-1166
Baptist collaborates with a number of community service organizations that share our mission of healing, teaching and preaching. Many of these same organizations offer many financial assistance programs and opportunities, as well as numerous free resources to people in the communities they serve, including:
- Medical care
- Transportation
- Housing
- Food assistance
- Substance abuse counseling
- Education support for parents and students
- Legal aid
- Immigration services
- Job training and placement, and more.
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In accordance with Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its implementing regulations, Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle, directly or through contractual or other arrangements, admits and treats all persons without regard to race, color, sex, age, disability or national origin in its provision of services and benefits, including assignments or transfers within the facility and referrals to or from the facility. Staff privileges are granted without regard to race, color or national origin.
We treat a diverse population of patients throughout the region—including communities such as Starkville and West Point. Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle is here for you. Learn more about our health care services to find care close to home.