On Some say new hospital will bring pain, not relief

Posted on April 13 at 9:08 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

The two facilities will be each financed separately. The hospital by SSM and the clinic by Dean. This is not n uncommon business practice

I saw the Fact Sheet that was made available on the Dean website and it indicates the following: $164 million in economic impact annually to the community, including approximately $40 million in payroll and $124 million in sales revenue.

Rather then our property or sales taxes going up, we will benefit from taxes generated by their new business. The city will have an increased tax base and provide us with more services and assist in not increasing our taxes.

On Does Janesville need two hospitals?

Posted on April 13 at 8:54 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

When the sisters turned the hospital over to the "community" the catholic affiliation ceased. Note that the crucifix is now a cross without Christ. But, it is not about religion but rather your values and how you approach business, people, etc.

The new hospital will be an SSM Hospital and the Clinic will be offered by Dean. They will each finance their own portion of the facilities like any other businesses that come together to jointly build a new building. This is not an uncommon business practice.

Communities of our size and smaller fair well with 2 hospitals. The economic impact of jobs at other local stores will also be positive as they too will expand to meet the needs of more residents and their need for goods and services.

On Some say new hospital will bring pain, not relief

Posted on April 12 at 9:35 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Interesting reading from an article from last year in an Illinois newspaper (Northwest Herald) on Mercy.

"Mercy Health System is making a second attempt to build a hospital in Crystal Lake, three years after its first attempt became embroiled in a kickback scandal that resonated all the way to the governor’s office.

The letter from Mercy President and CEO Javon Bea said this plan would be even larger than the original, with a 128-bed general acute-care hospital and a neighboring physician office building at a cost of $224 million. Mercy’s 2003 application asked for a 70-bed hospital and neighboring office building at a cost of $81.4 million.

“Mercy has been approached by numerous individuals, including Mercy physicians, independent physicians, community leaders, elected officials and area residents concerning the importance of having more health-care services, more health-care providers, and more inpatient beds in McHenry County,” said Barbara Bortner, Mercy vice president of marketing.

Mercy’s original effort to build the hospital in the same location died in May 2005 when McHenry County Judge Maureen McIntyre ruled that the planning board violated its own rules to approve it. The April 2004 approval resulted in several federal indictments and Gov. Rod Blagojevich dismissing the entire board.

But Mercy’s latest attempt might be fighting more than the stain of corruption. Its letter came two days before the state law establishing the planning board was set to expire."

Again, live by your values not change them to make it work for the audience.

On Some say new hospital will bring pain, not relief

Posted on April 11 at 3:59 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Area hospitals around Crystal Lake, Illinois did not want to have Mercy compete in their service area. Mercy's comments then were that residents would have a broader choice and that this would raise the bar for quality. How can Mercy now state the opposite?

At some point, a business and its leaders have to have a set of values and demonstrate commitment to these values by their behavior. Without this level of ethical business practice, Mercy has lost the loyalty of many of us in the community.

It does not matter what million-dollar figure your salary has, you must still treat others with respect and practice with integrity. Mr. Bea, you have lost sight of these lessons in life.