Danville Register & Bee
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
CHATHAM - A new trauma center may be coming to northern Pittsylvania County.
The Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday night to approve a resolution approving the placement of a “critical care center” north of Chatham.
Staunton River Supervisor Michael Irby stipulated that the center be north of Chatham so it would serve the northern part of the county.
“Anything south of Chatham is typically served by Danville Regional,” he said.
Coy Harville, chairman of the Board of Supervisors, said he believed the board would easily pass the resolution, but asked how the board could get the word out.
“How can we make this thing fruitful?” Harville asked.
County Administrator Dan Sleeper told Harville that Irby was making a recommendation he had suggested.
“If you’ll pass the resolution, I believe we’ll get some information fairly quickly - by the next meeting,” Sleeper told Harville.
Neither Sleeper nor the board offered much more information about the center, including its cost or size.
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"“Anything south of Chatham is typically served by Danville Regional,” "
There's an interesting quote from Coy. What about NoC?
I think it is great. Lifepoint needs more compition closer by. I know of several nurses that stated they would be lined up out the door, when this center got up and running, for a job. Look out Lifepoint, someone is coming in to steal your thunder, or what is left of it.
Does anyone know if this is being proposed by Centra health or Carilion? County manager Sleeper would not say,however, it sounds like someone is very serious about this venture since the paper states that if the supervisors pass this resolution he could have alot more information by the next supervisors meeting. Either one would be a godsend. They both know how to treat their employees and always receive very high rankings in regards to patient satification scores and nursing care. I had heard of the rumor that Carilion wanted to build a small hospital around the Altavista area. Could this be it?
Oh thank God, there is hope.
Reflief at last? Thank God! !
Love it! Love it! Love it!
Love this lead! Innocent citizens and innocent cats are being rescued at the same time!
What a direct answer to prayer!
(For anyone reading this who is not sure or the irony in cats and the hospital, google Frist and cats)
It should be noted that 2 weeks ago the CEO of Centra Health in Lynchburg met with a group of physicians and discussed possible options for Centra's presence in the Danville/Pittsylvania area. Jess Judy apparently learned of the meeting and sent an inflammatory email to some of the physicians. He reminded the doctors that LifePoint is a very profitable company that will continue to do well even if some of LifePoint's hospitals do not. He recommended that they work with LifePoint in a positive way and encourage others of the medical staff to do likewise. A few of the physicians reminded Mr. Judy that perhaps he should worry less about the medical staff and instead focus on improving LifePoint's lackluster performance of operating DRMC.
Obviously LifePoint still has not mastered the fine art of communication. Not only is the reponse to the above meeting an example but also the conflicting reports on Mr. Anderson's place of residence in the Martinsville and Danville papers. Will LifePoint ever get it right and be able to move forward and correct their mistakes? It has been 2 years and so far very little progress.
One of the local MD's showed me the e-mail. I thought it was quite threatening and, basicly saying, that they will be taken through the ringers with legal issues and a long fight on the acquisition of a certificate of need for this new facility. Sad that a man in Jess Judy's position and title would stoop so low as to threaten doctors if they persued this endeavor with Centra Health.
Back to an original post. Does anyone know or heard who wants to build this center in the county?
Does anyone have access to the e-mail Jess Judy sent to the physicians? I think it should be posted on the blog.
Chatham does need something, but most people I know are going to Centra. If we can just manage something to take care of critically injured or ill patients until they can be transported to Centra, we'll be okay. Then the volunteer squads can consider going straight to Centra. In Gretna, the patient tells the rescue squad whether he wants Centra or Danville Regional, and most pick Centra. If you recall, Gretna's mayor testified to that in the hearings.
We've come a long ways in combatting the dangers of LifePoint, if we can keep it up. I did not make any calls, but congratulations to all of you who warned the poor people in Texas about LifePoint. Hats off to you!
"Does anyone know or heard who wants to build this center in the county? "
I've been hearing Centra, but not through official channels. Hopefully we'll hear from the County soon.
We need to know what they are calling a critical care center. Is this just to be an acute center like express care. Critical Care sounds like a hospital with ICU and OR. That might happen by the year 3000. Most of us will be gone by then.
What is being proposed is very common in several ,parts of the USA. There are two free standing emergency rooms in the Norfolk-Newport News area, 1 in Raleigh, and one is being built right now outside southern Greensboro. These facilities are not express care. They are free standing emergency rooms, just like ones attached to a physical building, with the same capabilities as in a hospital with labs, x-rays, and ct scans. They treat and street minor cases, just like an emergency room, and for traumas or life threatening medical emergencies they stabilize and have the patient shipped to the most appropriate facility that can best serve the patient. These facilities are far more advanced then an express care or doctor's office.
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