Broadlands Hospital

My point is...you have two hospitals nearby, one, (Reston) that takes little travel time and delivers quality care, the other 5 miles up the road (INOVA). People farther out (Rt 50) don't have this option and can only dream of traveling 11 minutes to the closest hospital.

Whether the BRMC was planned from the beginning or not (and we know it was not), it was poor strategic planning.

 

Generally speaking, since when have hospitals built where it is "needed". Hospitals are just like any other business and are going to build "where the people are".

Loudoun Hospital did the same thing when they closed the Cornwall campus in Leesburg and moved further east. Were was the concern then for the folks in the west? And why no additional care facilities in the west until HCA came into the picture?

Look at how Inova built Fair Oaks, it is only 12.5 miles/18 minutes (Mapquest) from the Fairfax hospital. Why didn't they build further out Rt 50 towards Loudoun where there was a "need"? Oh, probably because there was a larger concentration of people there and better access from 66. One could say that the Greenway is Loudoun's 66.

 

This is why this is selfish double hospital care for the few not the many. If some one wanted to be next to a hospital there are already many many choices all over Northern VA Oops I am really going to try harder not to post. this is harder then I thought so bear with me. Almost stopping!!!!!

 

I bet the admins would help you to curb your addiction if you asked them.

 

I have had the opposite results with this. I got injured while working in Reston, and went to the Reston hospital. It took over 90 minutes to see me and I had a injury and sever trauma. I ended up stabilizing the bleeding in the waiting room on my own and after I finally got in, they sent me to FFX Hospital off of Gallows, cause they determined that they did not have the staff or something to do a Head CT. Oh, I had to have my friend drive me there too.

I recently went to Loudoun and got in within 10 minutes of hitting the ER waiting room, and was admitted within an hour after seeing a ER Doctor. It's that good. No exception.

From a stand point of experience, I have two close relatives who have worked for the HCA company, one as a floor nurse and an ER nurse in two different hospitals. HCA is out for one thing, BOTTOM dollar. They don't really take care of their staff, or non-professional care givers. These are the people that do most of the work at a hospital, they are the ones that administer medications, clean and sanitize your room and make sure that your visit is as quick and painless as possible and your recovery is it's best. HCA spends more time worrying about too many people on a shift, or if they can squeeze more work out of creating crazy shifts and using less people. In most cases I would agree, but with health care, I would never cut corners or try to save a buck.

 

Interesting that HCA just received one of the highest awards for nursing care. Says a lot about their staff and patient care.

 

So did Van Metre a few years ago.

 

Touche!

 

The houses on Middle Ridge that back up to Broadlands Blvd were built 2000 and prior well before HCA made their intentions known (2002).

 

Are you saying that you purchased your home in the Broadlands because there was possibly going to be a hospital built at some unknown time in the future in your subdivision? Come on! :rolleyes3:
If having a hospital that close was a priority for you, it would have made more sense for you to buy in Reston, Lansdowne, or Fair Oaks or Baltimore.

You just made the point that Reston Hospital is only 11 minutes away. Inova is about 12 minutes, and Fair Oaks around 15 minutes away. I think that having 3 hospitals within 15 minutes of your home is pretty good competition, even if two of them are in another county. You need one only 4 minutes away?

 

i can't speak for thepea, but i DID purchase my house where it is becoz of the hospital. (not the only reason, but a major reason. and we knew long ago where the proposed location was) when we first moved to ashburn, 17 years ago, a hosptial wasn't important to us. but after living here for years, and having children, one with special needs, it became important. i am not here to bash InoVA. most of times we go there (InoVA)for my daughter with special needs, they have to send us to fairfax via another ambulance. they simply can't provide services. the most recent trip was within the last year. fairfax is not convienent. loudoun is our only choice when you call 911. having BRMC would be blessing to our family. it breaks my heart that people are worried about ambulance noise, when that noise is saving a life!! (and the sirens are only on, going to a hospital, when someone doesn't move out of the way.) we didn't move to reston, baltimore, fairfax, etc.. because we had doctors, jobs, family/friends and a great community here in ashburn. being inconvienced with hospital choices won't make us move, but it would greatly help our life if we had one closer that could provide the services we need. i truly hope that the people who are worried about the noise and traffic don't ever have a family member that needs 911.

 

I'm just a little confused by your post...you said you moved here when you already had a special needs child, or you moved here before kids and wanted to be near a future proposed hospital?

 

mjbenteler - "when we first moved to ashburn, 17 years ago, a hosptial wasn't important to us. but after living here for years, and having children, one with special needs, it became important."

Not that confusing IMO.

 

What's this long ago you speak of? Were the people buying in 2000 and 2001 being kept in the dark?

A helicopter would save a life, too. Where are you going to draw the line on how much you burden the existing residents?

 

You know silly this all sounds wanting a hospital, we moved here because of a future hospital, Loudoun Invoa can't help us and on and on and you all think I don't make sense.

First this hospital if approved is 4 or even 5 years away and then they have to work the bugs out and get the staff working right. I certainly don't think I would go to a brand new hospital when the doors just open. If INOVA can't help you or have the services you want this hospital will not either it is a compromised hospital with no helipad etc. Then everyone says how close reston is and even fairfax. hellooo By the time this hospital is open and working right your kids will be grown and married. So if you moved here for hospital care that does not exist for the moment then perhaps you all need to rethink your life style and move next to an existing hospital that already has the services you need.

Sorry after hearing this nonsense I had to reply.

But I found another site HOA site to talk about the hospital and they don't want Cliff to respond with his obsessive nonsense either and his betting habit. There Cliff my good buddy throwing out a dig like you do. I am finished here with all this nonsense. But Just keep posting people because you are giving the the people that don't want the hospital plenty of information why we should build in another location for the many not double hospital care for the few.

I am finally going to shut up for awhile. So you all should throw a party for this occasion

Goodbye for now!!!!

 

Well excuse me trouble maker if I have a difficult time reading run on sentences and words without capitalization - talk about feeding the troll

 

I took some editorial license with Lee's post because he made a good point:scaredeyes:, in his "round-about" way.

The bottom line is, 80% of the country would love to have the option of 3 hospitals within 15 minutes, 3 more within 20 minutes, and most of the top East Coast hospitals within 90 minutes.

So what "need" is the BRMC serving? The "need" for convenience to the nth degree, perhaps.

 

Lee-
Want to bet $1000 you can't stay away for a week?