At your side in the worst of times, chaplain Jeff Thompson provides pastoral care at hospital - Gainesville Times

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At your side in the worst of times, chaplain Jeff Thompson provides pastoral care at hospital

Jeff Thompson, director of Pastoral Care at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, was recently awarded a Hospital Hero award. Thompson has “comforted families in the emergency room … presided over marriages and has even spoken at funerals.” - photo by Scott Rogers

11162019 HERO 1.jpg — Jeff Thompson, director of Pastoral Care at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, was recently awarded a Hospital Hero award. Thompson has “comforted families in the emergency room … presided over marriages and has even spoken at funerals.” - photo by Scott Rogers

Thompson is the director of pastoral care at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center. He’s the one who’s there to comfort family and staff at the hospital during some crisis or trauma. But oftentimes, if those families know he’s a chaplain, they immediately fear the worst.