As promised, a chance to discuss saving Grady
August 15, 2007 at 11:57 am by Mara Shalhoup in NewsGrady Memorial Hospital is sick.
The state’s largest public hospital, its biggest resource for indigent care, its most sophisticated trauma center, its only poison center and its most significant physician-training facility faces a major budget shortfall. Some say Grady could be shuttered by year’s end.
On Monday, nearly 200 people showed up at a Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority board meeting about Grady, which, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle, was far more crowded — and emotionally charged — than anticipated. The attendees demanded that a full public dialog about the embattled hospital take place. Soon.
According to the Business Chronicle’s account of the meeting:
Several times, Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority Chairwoman Pam Stephenson was forced to defend her board’s actions over the past several months. She pledged a round of public hearings about Grady’s future would begin in coming weeks.
Amid criticism the board had excluded the public, Stephenson said, “we are not that arrogant and not that inconsiderate.
So they’re just a little arrogant and inconsiderate?
Here are the details for the public hearings Stephenson, who is also a state rep, promised. Both Stephenson and Otis Story, president and CEO of Grady and vice chairman of the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority, will be on hand to answer questions.
- Sat., Aug. 18, 11:30 a.m. Tucker Middle School, 2160 Idlewood Road, Tucker.
- Tues., Aug. 21, 7 p.m. Maloof Auditorium, 1300 Commerce Drive, Decatur.
- Thurs., Aug. 23, 7 p.m. St. Philip AME Church Family Life Center, 240 Candler Road.
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