NEWS
Nocona General’s patient numbers double since BMH closed
By BARBARA GREEN
In the one year since Bowie Memorial Hospital closed its doors, Nocona General Hospital has seen its patient numbers almost double.
Administrator Lance Meekins says when NGH became the sole provider in the county, the board and staff started planning long term because they had no idea when, or if, a new Bowie hospital would open.
“No one from the old regime or the new one talked with us, so that left us in the position to long-term plan as to what we need to do to be the sole provider. That is how we ran our business the last 12 months, and it has give us a good example of how it could be,” said Meekins.
And thanks to a strong financial position, that planning includes a $3-million remodel to begin in late 2017. NGH will renovate all the patient wings, nurse’s station and business office.
Read the full story in the mid-week News.
On Friday city officials reported the intersection at Rock and Pillar was closed due to a sinkhole in the street. This area has been experiencing major drainage problems for many years damaging culverts and the street asphalt and concrete, with a portion of the street collapsing earlier in the spring. Drivers should avoid this area.
The Nocona City Council approved a trio of Nocona Economic Development Corporation requests and considered infrastructure work questioned by a city council.
Councilors met on June 10. Two of the NEDC requests had already been presented with the timeclock for comment started. With that time limit over, the requests were finalized.
The Type A and B Boards will spend $19,225 at the Indian Oaks Golf Club for equipment, aerifying and top dressing the greens and batteries for rental carts. It also will expend $20,000 to the Nocona Chisholm Trail Rodeo Arena Committee to build new concrete bleachers, railings, fence and platform.
The third NEDC request is a new one related to a Type B board loan of $200,000 to Amy and Chris Nunneley for a new apartment and office construction project.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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