All the new buildings in the world won’t make a better hospital if it is not managed well. I was in and out of the ER with my mother many times for numerous years prior to her passing in 2014. Only one ER doctor on duty while the waiting room stayed packed. A modern facility doesn’t replace a well run ER or any other part of the hospital…..not the employees fault but managements. For the record I have appreciated ALL employees that work at TRMC and they make our hospital proud. Thank you all for your service to our community.

In our meetings over the past months no one has ever called the employees losers, we have been concerned about them. On the other hand there are employees that came from out of the area, that absolutely don’t know the history that have demonized us and will blame us for not just giving money to this project because the tower sits empty. We understand newer portions of the existing hospital currently sit empty and a new building won’t solve that.

If you have worked there for some time then you saw how I had to fight just to get any reports back in 2007 as an elected official. Roger was berated and had to leave. I completely understand. I can’t speak for him but I hate that I quit because of the employees. Rosalinda in meeting minutes was also iced out until she went a certain way.

We all want a hospital but we need one the community is going to use and we need a board that stops with all the personal agendas. The employees are used as pawns by management. I understand it is hard to get staff because people don’t want to come to a place that is going to close – who has hammered that message home for months – HCCA. Not a great move. If you are clinical then you know that some of the management decisions are extremely poor, profits over quality. This includes profits over employee benefits. These poor decisions aren’t employees fault but lack of leadership. We aren’t giving up on the institution nor all of you but this process isn’t going to be pleasant and for that we are truly sorry.

I find it hard to believe that you are all that “confused”. For my part I have never heard anyone call any TRMC employee a “losers” for working at TRMC, perhaps a Board member or two but never an actual paid employee. We all have had jobs with employers making decisions that impact employees adversely. Blame the employer not the public. This community has been fighting for this hospital far longer than you seem to know. Educate yourself with hard fact, not “confused emotions”.

Actually if you look at meeting minutes you will see that there were people standing up asking questions, for many years back. Many even defending the employees, now of course meeting minutes are not reflective of what is being said by community members, but the past did and you can see it in a number of places.

Numerous people have received threatening letters from the current hospitals legal and the past legal representation. Some where even sued on the hospital’s dime. I myself received two letters – one this year and one in 2013.

Of course we care about the employees, we hate that the most. This wasn’t about our individual pocket books, this was about right and wrong.

there are still things to be said on several issues Citizen300. Did you know that the employees signed their contracts that state if they quit the hospital, they can’t work for anyone else for 2 years? Only HCCA. If the CFO has a separate contract being paid by the district….HCCA doesn’t pay that either. Seems to me HCCA is pocketing money that should be used to finish our hospital.
That contract only benefits HCCA, not our hospital. How would you like it as a board member you have to get HCCA permission to enter the hospital and you can’t look at any records of any kind.
Do you really think that’s a good way to run a hospital? He may have cash on hand, but he’s run the hospitals ratings into the ground. We are the first hospital in his business venture….so we are the guinea pigs…..not even INYO hospital has a contract like ours….WHY?

Hopefully they can focus on quality care and increase patient safety. Hard to give taxpayer money for a hospital that has a 1 star rating with CMS and a F with leap frog. It is time for the board to listen to the community.