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ARNOLD NUNNERY
I wasn't here in 1971, but that's certainly been
a long time ago, and probably the period of time in which
more progress is made in medicines or science in any
other period in the entire world's history.
I would not think that these plans would take us
through more than ten years. I would think that if the
hospital continues to grow and the community continues
to grow, and I was surprised to hear that Statesville's
population decreas mentioned,without any mention of
Iredell County's increase. We serve the entire county,
not just Statesville.
But we certainly would be misleading you, sir,
if we didn't respond to you that we will be looking needs
again, I expect in ten years.
I would also like to follow up on Mr. Knox's
comment. Mrs. Pendleton has been referring to a letter
that I sent to our employees a week or two ago. I did
not know that my letters got such widespread reading.
I consider it a compliment and I can assure you that
if Iredell Memorial had no interest in holding its
costs down, its charges down to you, that we could do as
a nearby hospital of similar size in a neighboring
county, and we could go without a Blue Cross contract
and we could make $4 million a year. But it is not our
intent. We cannot charge people tlpre than they can pay.
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