Friday's Internet Edition, May 09, 2008.
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The forums will be held at 7 p.m. April 17 at the First United Methodist Church at 310 N. Main St. in Mocksville and at 7 p.m. April 24 at Hillsdale Baptist Church at 4815 US 158 in Advance.
“We invite the community to join us in a discussion about our plans for the hospital,” said Donny Lambeth, interim president of NC Baptist Hospital. Refreshments will be served.
Under plans submitted to the state for approval, Wake Forest Baptist will build a replacement for Davie County Hospital that would cost approximately $100 million. The four-story building would have approximately 167,000 square-feet. The hospital would have 50 beds, 10 observation beds, two operating rooms, an endoscopy room, a minor procedure room and a 24-hour emergency room.
The proposed hospital will be located on NC 801 at I-40 in an area designated for commercial development. Construction has started on re-building the interchange and widening NC 801.
At the forums, speakers will discuss the hospital and the urgent and primary care center in Mocksville. Construction on the center is scheduled to begin in May.
“Community support is essential for the state to approve our application,” said Lambeth. “The support we received in the fall for the original campaign was tremendous and made an impact on the state. We trust the community will step forward and support this application in the same way as the original application last fall.”
Davie County Hospital and Wake Forest also will be seeking letters of support from the community. Letters are important to the state in making its decision, said Lambeth. Letters can be sent via email to Lambeth-DCH@wfubmc.edu or mailed to him at Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157. The deadline is April 30.
The state has scheduled the public hearing at 2 p.m. May 12 at Cornerstone Christian Church, 1585 NC 801 N. “We ask that residents mark that date on their calendar now ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.