SVHCC Agenda- September 11th, 2006
MONDAY, September 11, 2006
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Vintage House
A Private Hospital
Dr. Henry Grausz
Michael Ross
Cirrus Health
Presenting theier revised plan for a private hospital on Napa Road at 8th Street East.
posted by Shelley Arrowsmith @ 9:51 PM
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comment by Dick Senn.
I know it is the 14th hour but, nonetheless, want to share my thoughts with all.
We are pulling together as a community because we all know that we need, must have a hospital in Sonoma. The hospital must meet the needs of our community whether the patients be medicare, medical, private pay or just patients who don't have a dime to their name. The hospital that we create will be the only hospital in Sonoma Valley.
It is my assumption that most if not all for profit hospitals are among other hospitals rather than the only one that the community depends on. That being the case, if Sonoma were to have a for profit hospital, how would that hospital deal with a situation where admitting certain classes of patients would be extremely unprofitable. Would they refuse them and if so who would then care for them? If a community based not for profit hospital were faced with the same situation, they would treat this class of patients and if it made the hospital unprofitable in the long run, then contributions from the community or a parcel tax would make up the difference. A for profit hospital does not have these sources of funds available. Mr Cirrus, how do you deal with this situation?????.
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