Friday's Internet Edition, May 09, 2008.
Baptist Withdraws One Plan For New Certificate Of Need
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The signed petitions should be in the Davie Chamber of Commerce office on Salisbury Street in Mocksville by noon on Friday. State Rep. Julia Howard will pick up the petitions to hand deliver to Raleigh that afternoon.
Davie County Hospital and Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center continue to appeal the decision for an 81-bed replacement hospital in Hillsdale that would include an obstetrics unit.
Donny Lambeth, WFUBMC interim president, said on Tuesday that the hospital is withdrawing a second Certificate of Need application for a 50-bed hospital including obstetrics. It is going forward with another CON application asking for a 46-bed hospital.
“As our Davie team and attorneys continued to discuss the issue, we determined that relying on two applications to obtain the certificate of need is the best and most efficient approach,” he said. “Obstetrics is included in our appeal of the state’s decision to deny the original CON application filed last September, and we are pursuing that appeal vigorously. We believe Davie County residents deserve obstetrical services in their county, and we will continue to make that request through our appeal ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.