RECAP of Tele-Town Meeting 10/06/2015

[Pam Wetula]

Rebecca Patton, RN, LHA Trustee Member has given us fair warning during the LHA Tele-Conference that it is only a matter of time that the hospital will be empty!

So we had better hurry to close Lakewood Hospital so we can transform Healthcare Delivery per Ms. Patton, Dr. Jones et al on tonight's Tele-Town Call sponsored by your" we had a plan that we refuse to discuss with you" LHA & CCF Team.


Calls were pre-screened. The closing of Lakewood Hospital was discussed as inevitable and solely as a result of less revenue with no mention of the closings and moving of patients, departments, equipment and staff to other CCF locations.

Again with the changing healthcare system of reduced need for inpatient beds/care without the explanation of why Fairview receives 60 beds from Lakewood Hospital in the Decanting Plan and Avon's new hospital will have 126 beds.

Oh, by the way..."It's not fair" to make Avon patients come to Lakewood to receive services from our hospital. I am sorry that I cannot remember if Jones or Haber were speaking ay that time (I think it was Dr. Jones) but this statement was really made.

The discussion on what the new ER (er urgent care) would contain & what services the Health Center (er Medical Office Building) would offer were pretty fuzzy.

Most of the Tele-Town meeting regurgitated the same old misleading information about why LH will close and the Excitement of new buildings & all that money the Foundation is supposed to supply with no mention of the true economic impact on Lakewood nor the fact that Cleveland Clinic wants 2 votes on the board that administers any remaining funds and a measure of control over what goes on the remaining acres after they demolish LH.


I expected as much but it is still so disappointing to hear leaders in this community sling hash instead of the truth.

[Lori Allen _]

Thanks Pam. I did not get a call either. I wonder why? These people just really make me sick. Anytime I am around any of them, I feel like I need a shower!

[Phil Florian]

Thanks for sharing. My 15 minutes that I caught at the end didn't really shed any light for me. I will see if there is a transcript out there.

[cameron karslake]

I have a recording of the tele-town mtg, if anyone is interested. It contains most of the introduction, all the panelists statements and all the question/answer period. I'd be willing to burn a disc for anyone, just contact me, we'll figure it out.

[Bridget Conant]

Cameron

I've sent you a PM. I'm interested in a particular part of that conversation.

[Amy Martin]

Now I know for sure the fix is in . .last night, around 5:30 p.m., I got my automated telephone call reminding me of the Tele-Town Meeting taking place tomorrow night (which would be today, 10/13). I wondered why, with a landline, that I didn't get a call last Monday letting me know of the conference the next day. I wonder how many other people got their automated call A WEEK LATE. Now we understand the magnitude of their cheating, lying ways. Yeah, let's call a week late and blame it on technology . ..

[christopher dan]

just upload the file of the questions and answers either via a youtube with the link or an audio file .....

[Marguerite Harkness]

Amy,
There IS ANOTHER tele-conference tonight 10/13 with different content: justifying why Clinic isn't adhering to the contract.
Different # to call in to (compared to last week):

1-855-756-7520 X30166#

[cameron karslake]

We didn't get a warning call for the one tonight for some reason. We were on the initial list though.