Good job on misleading the Citizens. Do yourself a favor get out a pen and paper and write down all the doctors on the Prior MEC and look at who’s not admitting. I bet your list goes like this.

Dr Betre- Don’t Admit
Dr Patel- Don’t admit
Dr Kamboj-Don’t admit
Dr Kamboj-Don’t admit
Dr Smith-Don’t admit
Dr Orth-Don’t admit

This angle is against the spirit of having a publically funded healthcare district.
This aspect should be enough to get court to block this authority being given to HCCA.

Greene stated in the last meeting not all that is said or presented at the PUBLIC board meeting is available to the public or belongs to the public.
He basically said it’s being videoed, get your info from there.
When Benzeevi and Greene both get up and leave for 1/2 of the meeting and spend the rest of the time on their cell phones, I don’t have much confidence in them.
He was asked directly from Board Member Michael Jamaica why the entire board meeting wasn’t made available on the hospital website. No answer.
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Your comments are genuine and intelligent but HCCA wouldn’t do anything you suggested.

No one I know wants the hospital to close, they just want honest current financials, a forensic audit and new management.
During public comment, a couple shared their story of tragic loss and the board president was caught rolling her eyes.
The only thing that is going to save the hospital is 1)Kumar being replaced and 2) HCCA heading down the road to corrupt a new place.

That has been a big part of the issue from the onset. Review the audited financials from 2013 and 2014, amounts vary and only kept getting larger. $19 million one figure, then $35 million, then $49 million with an extra $6 million contingency and now $79 million. All with no back-up documentation that has been supplied to the community or even the board.

Lupe, I was one of only 3 citizens that went to the 7 am meeting to approve the quarterly financials. I reviewed the financials and there is a $6.6 million drop in cash in one year. Alan Germany was not at the meeting, when questions were asked they got him on the phone to answer. He explained the cash drop as the cost of the IT system. Financial data used to be monthly now dropped to quarterly, many measures used to be reported to the board and the community and it has significantly been reduced. Racheting to profit can only be done for so long and in my opinion the point has been reached. Why people were laid off.

By the way the biggest lie of all was the threat of closure if the bond wasn’t passed. Read and understand the contract, the only way a loan of $79 million can be done is to too leverage all the assets of the hospital. If that happens it will not be a good thing for the District.

The citizens group is not putting out lies and we definitely aren’t putting down the staff, if anything the opposite. I encourage you review our website and the Facebook page. VV also has a wealth of data.

The reality is the following:
1. Regardless who is in charge, this hospital needs to stay open. This County can not run with 2 hospitals. Fact is you all who keep wanting this hospital to fold will see this- 2 County hospitals to cover roughly 475,000 in the county; ambulance service will be tied up on multiple bed delays delaying services to sick and injured emergencies; this will in turn force long wait times up to 15-20 hour ER waits; which will in turn put the public in jeopardy.

2. In order for these things not to happen, both sides need to have one purpose, to keep the hospital open and how does the community get this done.

3. Have HCCA to sign a stipulated contract that HCCA will be 100% liable for any issues that arise from loan agreements. This would release the District from any harm. This would be on HCCA to carry the burden.

4. Have HCCA at every meeting to update the progress. Make sure HCCA is on the agenda.

5. Make public ALL of the documents filed or progress talked about. Keep the public aware.

6. Have a private Atty Firm manage as a 3rd party this contract and construction paid by HCCA. Then all would be legal in theory A lot of big projects have 3rd party firms oversee. The District Board shall pick firm.

I personally believe if these items listed take place, it will feel as though that ALL are involved and this will get done. Tulare needs this Hospital.