Broadlands Medical Facility

Received the following email from BRMC today.

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From Bryan Dearing and Megan Descutner:

Dear BRMC Friends and Supporters,

I guess it shouldn't come as a surprise that Greenvest is offering the County a proffer of 50 acres for a hospital site somewhere in Dulles South as an enticement for the Board of Supervisors to approve 14,000 new homes as was reported in local newspapers this morning. With the Board of Supervisor's recent growing interest in healthcare infrastructure in Loudoun County and facilitating adequate and accessible health care to Loudoun residents, developers offering schools, parks and a hospital site to meet the needs of the residents moving to Loudoun County will certainly get people's attention.

By the time Greenvest could build their first home, in 2008, Broadlands Regional Medical Center will be open and serving Loudoun residents. Dulles South may be the best location for a third full service hospital in Loudoun County. The Planning Commission and Planning staff are considering these issues now.

In the mean time, the BRMC application will be discussed at the September 13th Planning Commission Work Session and perhaps at a second Planning Commission meeting in September. From that point, they will make a recommendation to approve, a recommendation to deny, or send the application on to the Board of Supervisors without a recommendation. The planning department staff has recommended approval of our application, indicating that they believe we have met all of the requirements for a special exception.

We anticipate that the Board of Supervisors will put Broadlands Regional Medical Center on their November 9th Public Hearing agenda. We are hoping to have a decision approving the BRMC special exception for the land HCA owns in Broadlands soon thereafter. Obtaining approval for our COPN from the State Commissioner of Health, and then the County-regulated special exception (even though the underlying zoning lists hospitals as a permissible use) has been a lengthy process.

We are very near the end of the process and will break ground as soon as possible after we have the final approval from the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors and all the necessary building permits required to put the first shovel in the ground. That will be a happy day! We appreciate your help and support every step of the way.

Many of you have asked what you can do now to help BRMC at this point. Please e-mail or write the Planning Commission. We ask that you send your comments of support to Teresa Whitmore, Vice Chair, and the Planning Commissioners. Mrs. Whitmore will make sure that her fellow commissioners see your comments and that they are added into the record. If you have a personal relationship with other planning commissioners, please contact them personally.

Mrs. Whitmore's e-mail address is:
loudounpc@loudoun.gov
Her address is:
Commissioner Teresa Whitmore
PO Box 7000
Leesburg, VA 20177

 

A much more logical place for the hospital like I've said before. Hopefully BRMC doesn't go through. LHC is fine for me, and if you gotta have HCA (and I've been there as well), it's just 10 mins away in Reston.

 

County site on healthcare/hospital FYI

http://www.loudoun.gov/compplan/healthcare.htm

 

Two more bypass Loudoun and have to go to Fairfax for care! Is it not time Loudoun get a REAL trauma center. A better chance exists if HCA comes in. Competition will make BRMC or LHC build one, or HCA (with it's larger corporate muscle) will be able to afford one.

Loudoun County, Virginia- A two vehicle accident during rush hour
Thursday morning on Route 7 outside of Leesburg sent two people to an area
hospital.

Fredy Arturo, 25, of Manassas was attempting to make a left-hand turn
onto White Gate Place in his 1999 Ford Van when he pulled out in front
of a 2003 Hyundai that was traveling eastbound on Route 7.

A front-seat passenger in the van, Jose Aguillar Louis was partially
ejected from the vehicle during the accident and was airlifted to INOVA
Fairfax Hospital.

The driver of the Hyundai, Rachael Smith, 39, of Winchester, whose
airbag deployed in the accident, was also airlifted to INOVA Fairfax
Hospital.

Both patients are said to be recovering from non-life threatening
injuries.

Arturo, who received minor injuries in the accident, was treated at the
scene. There were two other passengers in the van who were not inured.

Arturo has been charged with Reckless Driving and Driving without a
License.

 

Not even I can blame this on LHI. If you check further into this, you'll probably find that helicopter trips resulting from accidents terminate at trauma centers, not regular ERs.

 

Blame goes no where on this. My point is we need a Trauma center in Loudoun. We don't have one. Increased services are needed now. I am sure you'll agree with that.

Point is, I'd bet a large company like HCA has a better chance to fund a trauma center than a "non-profit" (make that double quotes with a wink).

By the way, if "helicopter trips terminate at trauma centers" why does LHC have a helicopter pad?

 

I'm not a pro so I don't know, but if the building was built with an eye to the future (including a trauma center), why not build one in? Also, let's say a newborn needs transport OUT to someplace like Children's...

Barbara Munsey, from South Riding.

 

Barbara...since Raker has been quoted as saying "there have been discussions" with Greenvest...is this the 60-bed hospital that Loudoun Hosp pitched to the SPC?

 

Jeanne: I have no idea. The initial facility was mentioned as a possibility, but not stressed or "pitched", at least in my opinion. I focused more on the land use, and recall greater emphasis placed on the location of three full-service facilities, and five triage/emergency service facilities, all strategically placed in relation to planning areas, growth and transportation corridors.

I would imagine a lot of people have had discussions with Greenvest; I don't know if you recall, but back when the deadline was approaching for filing any suits based on the Comp Plan, Mike Laris at the Post did a series on the entities which owned/optioned the most buildable land in Loudoun, and I think Greenvest was in the top three.

I'm going to jump to your post on the South Loudoun thread, because it has a lot to answer. See you over there.

Barbara Munsey, from South Riding.

 

Seriously ill patient transfers, patients that take a turn for the worse and need immediate speciality care elsewhere...??

If you check the number of EMS helicopter trips in the Fire & Rescue monthly reports at: http://inetdocs.loudoun.gov/fire/docs/loudounsfireand_/fy04monthlyrepo_/index.htm, none of the helicopter trips in their reports originated or terminated at a Loudoun hospital -- that information was provided by County Fire & Rescue officials.

 

Loudoun does need a trauma center. It's not in HCA's plans either tho. The ER is an afterthought as its primary focus is mental. With all the new bids going in to double loudouns population in the next six to eight years maybe we will get that hospital in south dulles. Do you think HCA will either buld it or try to block it if they can't build it? I wonder. I bet they wouldn't be too happy with a hospital there.

 

Don't start the "mental thing" again Homer, you lost that battle!

 

Jeanne and anyone: A neighbor asked me at Tae Kwon Do tonight about "the hospital commercial". She said it portrayed the BoS as "trying to make sure there was only one hospital in Loudoun", that it would make huge lines for any care at LHC, that the BoS was trying to prevent healthcare, and to contact the BoS and tell them to stop. She isn't political other than staying as informed as she can with 5 kids (oldest in 5th) and voting, and I haven't seen the commercial. She said it was on MSNBC during the Republican convention. I don't know because I haven't seen it. Has anyone seen this, and if so can you tell me more about it? Thanks.

Barbara Munsey, from South Riding.

 

Barbara...I never saw the commercial.

 

Jeanne, thanks for replying. I still haven't seen it either, but I did run into my friend's husband at class last night, and he had a different perception than she received. His takeaway was that he couldn't tell what they were trying to tell him, if it was a good thing or a bad thing. The only clear message was to call the BoS and tell them to build BRMC now. Maybe right there we've got a dad/at-home mom capsule response? He said it's still running on MSNBC, and on Fox News. We watch the channel 5 news at 10, but I haven't noticed the ad yet. Anybody else seen this one yet? Thanks again.

Barbara Munsey, from South Riding.

 

Barbara-
Are you sure this is a new commercial? I called and asked BRMC and they said they haven't run a new one. The one running now has been aired for the past 4-5 weeks. (My smiling mug is included!)
Cliff

 

Hi Cliff, No, I'm not, because I've never seen any of the commercials. I recall discussion here a while ago on the one that you were in, but I didn't see it then either. Either I don't watch enough TV, or can it have something to do with the cable carrier? SR has a cable contract in the HOA fee, so maybe our portion of that net is just seeing something that was broadcast in your area first? Can it work that way?

I got the impression from the couple who told me about it that it was new to them. The man makes jokes about being far to the right of most conservatives, and said it appeared to him that it was running heavily on conservative networks, but again, that is only my relaying of what he said. Thanks for following up with the company. I'll tell my neighbors that it might have been around for a while when I see them this week.

Barbara Munsey, from South Riding.

 

einstein,

And your point in repeating my post is... [?]