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Too much emotionalism, politics in hospital situation, writer says A citizen's own personal opinion: ... it appears that this mess is long standing and involves little thought given to the management and financial expertise when considering appointments to the Hospital Board, complete lack of accountability on the part of the Board in overseeing the management of the hospital, a complete lack of oversight of the Board from the Fiscal Court including the various County Executives over the years. - JON HALSEY By Jon Halsey I did not attend yesterday's meeting as I was pre-indisposed (Which is to say that given my strong feelings on this issue, my wife threatened to indispose me if I attended) however, my wife and daughter were in attendance. There is so much emotionalism and politics at play from every corner, including the general population, that I have little hope for an intelligent, fiscally sound, community "best interest" solution to be reached. When the facts indicate that the mismanagement and what appears to be irresponsible financial chicanery have been in place for years now I feel you hit the nail on the head with your "Good job, Brownie" analysis. The two letters to the editor in Thursday's edition of one of the local print papers laid out the case very well. I have heard the arguments that we need a local hospital and while not convinced that a full featured facility is in fact best for our community, I do question the strong seemingly emotional thrust that "we have to own a hospital.". It seems to me that this attitude played a big part in creating this morass. Accepting the statement of someone that we would be the only county in the surrounding area without a hospital may in fact be true, but I wonder how many of those facilities are locally owned? In the same vein, the thought that no industry would consider us if we don't have a hospital seems to fall into the same category. Would any industry care about the ownership of the local hospital and given the proximity of excellently staffed and fully equipped facilities, it seems to me that a well run basic care unit could be turned into a strong selling point, especially if it were combined with proof of strong fiscal management on the part of local government. I am convinced that this latter point is more important to industries looking to relocate than the ownership of a hospital. In closing, it appears that this mess is long standing and involves little thought given to the management and financial expertise when considering appointments to the Hospital Board, complete lack of accountability on the part of the Board in overseeing the management of the hospital, a complete lack of oversight of the Board from the Fiscal Court including the various County Executives over the years. However, we are where we are and none of these reasons should be allowed as an excuse to prevent decisions that are fiscally sound and what is best for the community. Given the emotionalism expressed by the key players I don't see that happening and I don't think we have the facts to make that decision and I also don't see those issues being addressed.John Halsey Knifley, KY This story was posted on 2012-07-20 09:56:51
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