Franklin County Commissioners voted
Thursday to enter in to negotiations with Alliant and Tallahassee
Memorial Hospital to manage Weems Memorial Hospital.
The move was recommended by the Weems
Hospital Board of Directors.
Doug Creamer, chairman of the board of
directors, said they recommended Alliant because it allows the county
to keep the current hospital and medical clinics and also allows the
hospital to continue to manage the local ambulance service.
The other option was Ascension Sacred
Heart, but the board did not like their proposal which would have
required the county to convert the hospital into a free standing
Emergency Room with patients going to the Sacred Heart hospital in
Port St. Joe.
The Ascension proposal would have also
required the county to hire a management company for the ambulance
service.
Creamer said the board put a lot of
hours into their recommendation and realize that neither choice would
make everyone happy.
County commissioners were unanimous in
their desire to keep the hospital in operation, especially during the
COVID-19 pandemic when every hospital bed is needed.
At this point the county is only
opening negotiations with Alliant/TMH so they do not what the costs
will be.
The board named County coordinator
Michael Moron and Weems CEO David Walker to head up the negotiations.
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