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March 20, 2010 Since 1922 |
‘Super clinic’ still on the table
By Kaylie Malone
Correspondent Published November 17, 2009 ANAHUAC — Chambers County commissioners postponed until Nov. 24 deciding on whether to allocate $2 million for the construction of a clinic for the Winnie-Stowell Hospital District.
Albert Schwarzer, Managing Partner for Frontier Health Group and owner of Winnie Community Hospital asked the Commissioners Court to consider allocating funds from a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds.
Commissioners, however, said they needed the time to get more information on the CDBG funds before making this decision.
Schwarzer said that the county’s hospital district and Winnie Community Hospital envisioned a “super clinic” that would offer more than just a physician practice, but would not have inpatient abilities and would offer limited emergency services.
“You might have heard that this clinic is needed as an alternative should Winnie Community Hospital be unable to continue to serve its mission,” Schwarzer said.
“The Chambers County Public Hospital District No. 1 and Bayside Community Hospital presented a proposal to the Winnie Community Hospital that contemplates a super clinic.”
Schwarzer also asked the court to consider allocating these funds for the construction of the clinic, but land acquisition costs could add as much as $1 million to this proposed project.
Danny Thompson, owner and operator of Thompson Out-Patient Clinic in Winnie, which also operates the clinic inside the hospital, also backed the idea of a super clinic.
“I would strongly suggest that we should already have a super clinic in Winnie,” said Thompson,” I think our clinic provides a super service to the community and we provide what is needed.
“ I believe that everything should be done to ensure these services to continue to be made available to the communities that we serve, and the hospital serves, and the provider’s serve.”
Thompson said he was “more concerned about keeping the hospital open because it serves my community and my patient population specifically ... we need to be concentrating on securing and maintaining that resource that we have and not adding any resources we obviously don’t need.”
Ed Moe, vice-chairman of the Winnie-Stowell Community Hospital District, said,” The super clinic — super is not just an adjective — we are proposing a freestanding clinic with radiology, CT scans, MRI, and everything all in one location.
”I think that this is the time and opportunity to secure healthcare and take control of it into our hands for the future.”
Correspondent Published November 17, 2009 ANAHUAC — Chambers County commissioners postponed until Nov. 24 deciding on whether to allocate $2 million for the construction of a clinic for the Winnie-Stowell Hospital District.
Albert Schwarzer, Managing Partner for Frontier Health Group and owner of Winnie Community Hospital asked the Commissioners Court to consider allocating funds from a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds.
Commissioners, however, said they needed the time to get more information on the CDBG funds before making this decision.
Schwarzer said that the county’s hospital district and Winnie Community Hospital envisioned a “super clinic” that would offer more than just a physician practice, but would not have inpatient abilities and would offer limited emergency services.
“You might have heard that this clinic is needed as an alternative should Winnie Community Hospital be unable to continue to serve its mission,” Schwarzer said.
“The Chambers County Public Hospital District No. 1 and Bayside Community Hospital presented a proposal to the Winnie Community Hospital that contemplates a super clinic.”
Schwarzer also asked the court to consider allocating these funds for the construction of the clinic, but land acquisition costs could add as much as $1 million to this proposed project.
Danny Thompson, owner and operator of Thompson Out-Patient Clinic in Winnie, which also operates the clinic inside the hospital, also backed the idea of a super clinic.
“I would strongly suggest that we should already have a super clinic in Winnie,” said Thompson,” I think our clinic provides a super service to the community and we provide what is needed.
“ I believe that everything should be done to ensure these services to continue to be made available to the communities that we serve, and the hospital serves, and the provider’s serve.”
Thompson said he was “more concerned about keeping the hospital open because it serves my community and my patient population specifically ... we need to be concentrating on securing and maintaining that resource that we have and not adding any resources we obviously don’t need.”
Ed Moe, vice-chairman of the Winnie-Stowell Community Hospital District, said,” The super clinic — super is not just an adjective — we are proposing a freestanding clinic with radiology, CT scans, MRI, and everything all in one location.
”I think that this is the time and opportunity to secure healthcare and take control of it into our hands for the future.”