To the Editor:
Mercy must be getting nervous! A full page ad in the paper?! A full page ad in the Cape paper?! This should be an indication of frivolous spending, resulting in higher health costs!
At the first public forum, Mercy and SE were invited to speak but Mercy didn’t respond or show up. SE was presented by president Ken Bateman.
Mercy had to have a private public meeting! They were represented by “4” people from the Festus hospital! No one from the main office that should be making the decision. It appears PCMH will just be an arm to Festus!
A patient of a local hospital in St. Louis had an appointment with their regular on-staff specialist. When they got there their regular Dr. had been replaced. She would not listen to the patient and they finally insisted she read their past patient file. They were told they could not access any previous files, since Mercy took over. Another new advanced technology?
Do we want these big city, high-powered actions? If they disrupt a St. Louis hospital, a lot larger than PCMH, what do you think they’ll do to PCMH?
At the last forum, I didn’t see any representation from Mercy! But President Ken Bateman, and others, were there from SE Health!
I empathize with the employees at PCMH, the certainty of the future. I didn’t think it was necessary to let employees leave early, with pay, to attend the last public forum. I feel the employees most concerned are the ones that aren’t really doing a good job! A good employee has a feeling of security. It was extremely rude to boo Frank Robinson! He built his company to a respected, dependable national company. He did not do this without employees and customers respecting him.
