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Show Worth of hospital To the Editor: Who built the Uintah County Hospital? "The people." Who is selling it to Hospital Corp. of America? "The Commissioners." H.C.A. has managed the Uintah County Hospital for the past two years during which time it has failed to show a profit, yet they want to buy it. Why? If H.C.A. lost money under H.C.A. management how can it make money under H.C.A. ownership? Duchesne County is operating at a profit with a 36 bed hospital. A profit accomplished without the Indian contribution. If there are other bids, what and who are they? Broken promises to the elderly: H.C.A. will bulldoze the old hospital. They are not in the nursing home business. Why have the people been told a nursing home cannot function properly attached to a hospital? Four Utah hospitals with nursing facilities attached. Heber, Milford, Kane-Kanab and Box Elder. Why must we sell at a loss? Cost to H.C.A. Letter of intent Nov. 26, 1980 wherein H.C.A. bid $3.75 million. Bid rejected. Bid of $3.5 million later accepted, why? Cost to H.C.A. $3.5 million. Cost to taxpayers: to build (Commissioner (Com-missioner Domgaard Tues. meeting March 24) $4.66 million. Equipment donated by clubs, etc. $? Real estate $? Value of old hospital ! ? Present hospital deficit $1.2 million. Assuming real estate and the old hospital are of no value-total cost to taxpayers, $5.86 million. Total loss to taxpayers ') By qualified, fact-finding concerned citizens. DAN CONEY |