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Up to 5,000 people come out to tour new Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center Date published: 5/16/2010
BY EMILY BATTLE
A steady stream of visitors flowed through the doors of the new Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center yesterday, as the hospital held an open house less than a month before its June 7 opening day. Tours took visitors through the 10-bed labor and delivery ward and the 20-bed emergency room. Other areas of the 126-bed hospital were off-limits because they must remain sterile until opening day. Hospital spokeswoman Jeanne Burkett said that after two hours, the open house had seen about 2,000 visitors. Hospital staff were prepared to welcome about 5,000 with tours, free food, health screenings and giveaways. Among the visitors were Linda and Reggie Brown, who live near the hospital, which is across the Spotsylvania Parkway from Germanna Community College. The Browns were excited about having a hospital so much closer to them than Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg. Even if the difference in travel time for them is only 10 minutes, Linda Brown said, "That extra 10 minutes could be detrimental." Reggie Brown said he thought having two hospitals owned by two different companies in the same region--the Spotsylvania hospital is owned by HCA Virginia Health System, while Mary Washington is owned by Mary Washington Healthcare--would benefit everyone. "I think the people benefit from the competition that a new hospital brings," he said. "I'm very thankful for them being here." Terika Richardson, the hospital's chief operating officer, said she had seen visitors from around the region, including Prince William County, Fredericksburg, the Dahlgren area of King George County and Caroline County. Burkett said most questions were about basic facts, such as how many beds the hospital has and what services it provides, along with questions about volunteer opportunities and whether the hospital is still hiring. While most positions are filled for opening day, Burkett said anyone interested can still visit the hospital's website at spotsrmc.com to fill out a job application or learn about volunteer opportunities. Tour guides made sure to point out that the hospital is a tax-paying facility and expects to pay $4 million annually in taxes to Spotsylvania County. That got at least one taxpayer thinking. "I don't know why our real-estate taxes don't drop, if they're paying $4 million," one tour-taker said. "I'm gonna have to talk to [Spotsylvania Supervisor] Jerry Logan." Emily Battle: 540/374-5413
Read the article - it sys "Hospital spokeswoman Jeanne
Burkett said that after two hours, the open house had seen
about 2,000 visitors. Hospital staff were prepared to
welcome about 5,000 with tours, free food, health
screenings and giveaways." Yes, in the first two hours 2000
people showed. It said they were prepared for 5000. It
never said 5000 were there. Maybe that many did show
up. Who knows, but that's not what the article says. Maybe
you should "readthenspeak"
Disclosure- I do work for HCA. And to thinkthenspeak, you should reread the article it states that within the first two hours they seen about 2000, There were about 5000 people that showed up. So next time you should "thinkthenspeak"!!
Disclosure - I do not work for Medicorp, or Mary Washington
Healthcare, or whatever this week's name is. However, I do
live near the new hospital and was surprised to read the
subtitle that said "up to 5000 people" came out for the
open house. But then when you actually read the article, it
says 2000 people came out but the hospital was "prepared
for 5000 people to come out". Using that logic, I guess that
if I had been "prepared" to pay $5K towards my mortgage
but only paid 2K, I get credit for $5K!
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