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| Posted By: not what I was told Posted On: Sep 5, 2008 Views: 258 | :( I know this is probably petty, but I was told the Patterson land was not entirely free. I understand that someone (either the hospital or the city) paid the bill at the manor for the Patterson's until they passed in return for the land. Does anyone know how the current hospital got so ran down? Was it poor management or lack of funds? Will the new hospital suffer the same fate? Why does AC not take care of it's heritage and buildings? i.e. Curry Field, school buildings, hospitals, downtown windows I just went to my second ever football game at Curry Field, and it was great. I think the downtown atmosphere this time of year feels charming and nostalgic. It feels like home! I'm going to hate to see it all leave. :( |
| Posted By: Save the City! Posted On: Sep 5, 2008 Views: 263 | It's not just about the hospital The city is broke. The city is broken. The reason I say this is just by looking around. This city that was once great, once shined a city that needed no introduction no "theme" has been lost. Herds of people by the thousands used to gather to visit just to walk the streets. People brought businesses, knowledge and with that trust. Buildings were new, smiles and waves...good times. Yet in recent years things have been taken advantaged of by the patrons by the years...a sad harsh realization that time comes for everything. Now the city is left to the trashy, disrespectful and lazy patrons. Wiether the blame be brought by the casinos, we grown tolerant of their nusisances or the ever popular cities abound. Our city lights are dimming. As facts look around the big high paying jobs left, our beloved movies gone, our pet shelters moved astray, the cops even turned to normal casual intimidation and now the leaders are not asking for a new hosptial there questioning us where to put it. As if they didn't already know. I not would believe the old saying true, like most small towns once the railroad leaves and the byway is complete the heart of the town dies. And I am not ashamed to see the city boarded up and over looked just sad. Really sad. Like Coney Island I never wanted to see close but I wish to see the city closed then to see it filled with drugs, criminal activity, over ruled by gangs and littered with filth. Arguments shouldn't be made about the future of a hospital it should be made about the town crawling away and starting again. When leaders should stay and question what future? |
| Posted By: Dawn Posted On: Sep 5, 2008 Views: 336 | Come and Look! Before I came to work at SCKRMC, I worked for another KS hospital in a small but progressive town. The hospital was gorgeous! It was so well maintained and cleaned that I was always so proud to bring family and friends in for a tour. I certainly don't have the same feeling about this hospital and have to admit I've been a little ashamed when my family has come to visit and wanted to see where I work. Patients were kept comfortable and could even use handicapped accessible bathrooms in every department. Not a luxury patients enjoy here in AC. This current hospital is in terrible shape! I know because I spend the majority of my waking hours here and have first-hand experience in areas that patients don't normally get to see. Please don't think that this place can be salvaged. The infrastructure is falling in around us....a certain safety issue for everyone. So now how are we to recruit new doctors? How are we to grow new services? What draw is there for people to want to come here to work or for care? When I signed on here, I was told we were in the middle of building a new hospital....that was not quite the truth....but like alot of us...I fell for it...and now I have to wonder what my job security is if the city votes down a new hospital and this place has to close it's doors. Do I want to commute to Winfield, Ponca City or Wichita to work? I'm sure my family would move, as will lots of other families...and AC will soon feel like a ghost town. INSTEAD, let's look to the future and build a new hospital, hire new doctors and staff, increase our healthcare capabilities so we don't have to make trips for specialty care to Wichita. Let's grow our own town! Let's take pride in our city instead of bickering over where to build...it's only an extra two miles! How many people are willing to drive to the casinos but not a new hospital????? Let's get our priorities straight!! |
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