Hospital board responds to commissioner comments

As members of the Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County Board of Trustees, we would like to comment on the recent county commission meeting at which hospital board members addressed the proposed ambulatory surgery center.

As reported by the Green River Star, two commissioners alleged that the public is losing faith in the hospital’s administration. While the benefits and cost of the proposed ASC have been widely discussed, both in county commission and hospital board public hearings, the issue of public confidence in the administration seems to be important enough to some commissioners that i...