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I-77 corridor, is a more viable and better solution.
This could be either county -owned or privately owned. Now
why not do this? Lowrance's medical staff has not increased
in the past eight years.
A new structure just north of the Mecklenburg line
on the I-77 corridor, six new primary care physicans would
more than likely be added to the staff. These six new
physicans are presently practicing in Huntersville and in
Davidson, and this would double our present staff of primary
care physicans. And this is important because these are
what provide the basis of care and the referral base needed
to attract specialists.
What we don't need is escalation of our current
situation of weekly clinics in Mooresville by out-of-town
specialists who transfer patients to other hospitals for
care, further decreasing our hospital's utilization.
At the present cost of new hospital construction,
this comes from CHSS of $143,000 per hospital bed complete,
the present proposal would pay for a 74 -bed new structure.
Imagine renovation costing 75% of a new structure. We feel
that the board of directors of Lowrance Hospital has proceeded
in an orderly manner for the renovation of Lowrance Hospital.
Iredell Memorial has pushed with great diligence and the utmost
speed. Why? Obviously to run competition with the new
Davis Hospital in Statesville. For our part, here the
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