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present factual information.
The issues of need, borrowing, and repaying are
complicated, and they deserve repetition and a full
public hearing, and we welcome that. We apologize
to the commissioners for having to hear the same story
so many times. But many of you have not at this point.
First, let's look at the needs of Iredell Memorial
Hospital.
Mr, Knox narrated the slide presentation -for both
Iredell Memorial and Lowance Hospitals, as follows:
First, let's look at the needs of Iredell Memorial
Hospital. Only one of our four operating rooms is of
adequate size, and this is it. In comparison, you can
see that the other three just like the one shown in
this example are too small for the lifesaving equipment and
the team of doctors, nurses, and support staff that are
required. Yes, we perform surgery here and quite well,
but it is less efficient, and we simply cannot serve as
many patients as we should be serving.
Our halls are filled with storage, and our head
nurse is wasting valuable time directing traffic. We have
to work double time to keep things sterile. This red
line should be a wall separating the sterile area for
surgery. Only extreme effort has kept this from being a