County commissioners plan to address hospital issues in October

County commissioners have asked that representatives of the local hospital, the hospital advisory board and TMH attend the next county commission meeting to work through a couple of issues.

According to the clerk of the court, the hospital currently has just over 54 thousand dollars in its operating fund which is much less than the county would like.

The hospital also has some money in CDs and Money Market Accounts, but the commission said it would rather that money stay put

And while the board is concerned about the financial situation at the hospital they say there is a bigger problem in that they are having a hard time getting the information they need from the facility.

Part of the problem, as the county sees it, is that because of an affiliation agreement Weems has with TMH, the current CEO of the hospital does not work for the board and is not being as forthcoming as commissioners would like.

Commissioners say they would like to address this problem now because when it comes down to it the hospital belongs to the county and the county has invested far too much money in the hospital to give up its authority.

Commissioner Smokey Parrish pointed out that when the hospital runs out of money they’ll come before the county commission, not TMH.

Commissioner Cheryl Sanders had a laundry list of concerns ranging from hiring practices to TMH’s authority at the hospital.

The board says it does not want to take any action that could be detrimental to the hospital so they plan to hash out these issues so that all of the groups know exactly where they stand.

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