Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Decision makers of Fallbrook Healthcare District at the October 8 board meeting where it was decided that a JPA with Palomar Health and Tri City Healthcare District would be pursued, are, from left, Vi Dupre, administrator; Blaise Jackson, district legal counsel; Stephen Abbott, president; Gordon Tinker, director; Barbara Mroz, secretary; and Richard Levering, treasurer. Director Lynette Shumway not pictured, but on teleconference for meeting.
The decision was a grim one last night, Wednesday, Oct. 8, when the governing board members of Fallbrook Healthcare District (FHD) unanimously voted to reject the lone proposal, submitted by Strategic Global Management (SGM), to keep Fallbrook Hospital operating as customary and instead to pursue a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) agreement with Palomar Heath and Tri City Healthcare Districts. With a 50-year history in the community, the decision, destined to lead to the closure of the existing hospital acute-care, in-patient operation was landmark.
"[The Strategic Global Management proposal] is j...
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