Broadlands Hospital Approved!

HI Everyone...Well, I have SOME GREAT NEWS that I wanted to share with you. I will put it in a nutshell and if you are interested in reading the entire proposal, please let me.

OK here goes...

Most, if not all counties have a comprehensive plan which helps the county decide where services and hospitals will be placed based on the needs of that county. Loudoun County has not had a comprehensive plan that includes hospitals since its inception in 1950. So when the comprehensive plan was opened for review, LHI added an amendment to include where hospitals and health care services should go. This plan is based on future population growth and future health care needs. The plan shows that 3 full service hospitals and 5 Community health centers can be strategically placed so that all hospitals/centers can offer services and thrive based on the need for the areas they will be located in. If/when this plan is adopted by the planning commissioner and the Board of Supervisors NO HOSPITAL CAN BE BUILT IN BROADLANDS because... there is no need. This plan shows that the community health care centers will be located where they are needed: Lovettsville, Purcellville/Round Hill, Middleburg and special services being provided at Dulles Airport. A proposed hospital can be built in Dulles South, which would augment the services that are already established/provided at Cornwall and Lansdowne. The beauty of this plan is it is based on need. ANY health care provider/organization can build these hospitals/health care centers. The decision as to where hospitals can be placed will no longer be decided down in Richmond (where Planning District 8 is just another metropolitan location) it will be decided where the needs are known best...within the county and by the planners. Please remember this is a very rough version of this comprehensive plan. I want to have a community meeting to go over this in more detail and what WE NEED TO DO to ensure this plan is accepted. (I am getting a speaker that I think you will find very interesting and who can answer a lot of questions and who will want to discuss a few additional issues). This is TRULY EXCITING and I really think we can FINALLY see the light at the end of the long, dark and bumpy tunnel!!! YIPPEE Please let me know your availability for the week of April 19th (Wednesday preferable) As always...kids are welcome and please let me know if you have ANY QUESTIONS. Dmfortier@erols.com or (703) 723-6911.

 

Isn't that repetitive??[?]

Originally posted by killer_bee

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killer_bee in broadands, ashburn, virginia
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LHI added what they wanted to the plan, so it certainly must be for the good of the county and not for the good of LHI--RIGHT!! As for any health care provider being able to build a health care center, why does LHI oppose the services a different health care organization wants to open in Purcellville? (This topic was discussed a while back in this forum, so search for Purcellville if you don't remember it.)

I agree that Richmond should not be deciding when and where our hospitals should be build, but I certainly don't agree that LHI should be making those decisions either. Since LHI isn't the only hospital with an interest in this county, would you be opposed to allowing HCA provide input to this comprehensive plan? Only seems fair since LHI was able to provide input...

 

If you read the article and the email you would notice that ANYONE can provide these services, not just LHI not just HCA...it could be Inova, Sentara, Valley Health, ANY provider who is interested in providing healthcare services to Loudoun county. How could anyone be against this when it opens up so many opportunities and options. Regardless of who added this amendment I think it is a great idea. YIPPEE!!!! For those of you that think competition is a good thing in Health care here is a golden opportunity for that to happen...

 

I have not commented on this to date and am hesitant to do so now, but I have to say that the pro-hospital people seem simply weird. The things that you post on here just make no sense.

 

I could care less about the hospital and read these posts for the entertainment value. After reading all of these posts, as well as the other original thread, I would have to say that you are not a very good judge of character.

 

Looking at the "competition" factor. If Loudoun Hospital is so proud and confident of it's services and feels it is so loved by the community, why would it even care if another hospital moves in. Any other business (yes they are non profit but still a business) would say "Bring it on". It seems to me LHC feels it's not up to the challenge.

 

How about some examples that don't make sense to you??

 

Here is a perfect example of a post that makes no sense.... [}]

 

How about the claim LHC is not for profit. They ARE for profit, it is just not a publicly traded company.

How about the claim LHC is not concerned about competition. They shanghaied the Purcellville facility, to keep them out.

How about "this hospital will be sitting in the middle of the Broadland's neighborhood". It is on the edge, mainly accessible from Belmont Ridge Road.

Just three of the things that don't make sense to "me".

 

That's how I felt also...[8D]

 

I had a question about what services this hospital will actually offer. I have yet to see ANY reference to psychiatric care and treatment in any advertisements or postings. Since part of this hospital will consist of a "relocation" of Dominion hospital, I went to Dominion Hospital's web page and found the following; "Dominion Hospital specializes in crisis stabilization and treats acute psychiatric anxiety, depression, mood disorders and other mental health conditions."

Why is there never ANY mention of this....? I would like some facts. I couldn't return the postcard to HCA requesting more information about the hospital because they had a boldface entry with a box pre-checked saying YES! I support a hospital in broadlands. You have to wonder what you're getting when instutions have to stoop to such trickery to show support. What are the facts? How many beds for people with acute psychiatric mood disorders? How many guards? And please don't insult my intelligence with the lame "depressed teens" being the only patients.

 

That's because they are all a bunch of clowns...

 

sk8r - sticks and stones....

a childish post like yours deserves a childish response!

And I am just the man for it!

 

Coopstar-
The hospital will have 40 beds for juvenile and adolescent mental health care. There will be no adult mental health beds.

I don't believe the county changing the comprehensive plan will supercede the state's planning districts. Even if this plan was adopted, the state would first have to approve any additional beds.
Oh, and I find this plan laughable. LHC comes up with a great new plan that, coincidentally, says that a hospital should not be located in Broadlands. It would be absurd to believe that this plan has any intent OTHER than eliminating BRMC. But I give them points for keeping up the fight. Anything to protect your monopoly.

 

einstein-
My contact information is available via my user name, but you can reach me at shevcoo@yahoo.com or 703-729-7320.
Cliff

 

Wow! Now I remember why I never posted here before. You pro-hospital people are so freakish that, as soon as someone says something that you don't like, you pounce on her. Down boys, behave already!

 

Please. And the anti-hospital people aren't the same way??? You won't get any real debate on these forums; it's all about "entertainment."

(For the record, I'm on the fence, but leaning in the pro-hospital direction.)

 

Now THAT is the pot calling the kettle black!