Piedmont Hospital denies incident after alert sent to Augusta University students

Alexandra Koch, Augusta Chronicle
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FILE - A worker pulls away the University Health Care System banner to reveal the new Piedmont Augusta name on a sign marking the entrance to the main hospital campus.

Augusta University sent out a JAG alert to faculty and students just after 1 p.m. Wednesday about an incident at Piedmont Augusta hospital. However, hospital officials say there was no incident.

The hospital said there was an alert mistakenly distributed to employees, but it was corrected within two minutes.

"There was no incident involving a gun of any kind. It was just a misunderstanding," hospital officials said. "There was nothing official sent to [Augusta University] on behalf of the organization."

The university's police department sent out the alert due to the university's close proximity to the hospital, according to school officials.

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This article originally appeared on Augusta Chronicle: Alert mistakenly sent to Piedmont Augusta staff, Augusta University