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Central CEO addresses Bowie Rotary Club
By BARBARA GREEN
The new Central Hospital of Bowie is planning a “tentative” opening for March 1.
Faraz Hashmi, chief executive officer, gave Bowie Rotarians the news during its mid-week luncheon. He says tentative because it depends on new staff coming on board after they have received job offers and training on the new standards of care.
This was the Dallas businessman’s first public speaking program in Bowie, and he said it was appropriate because his older brother was a Rotarian and he had attended many meetings with him.
Bowie Real Estate Holdings, which purchased the hospital last May, is composed of the Hashmi family, Faraz’s father, Dr. Hasan F. Hashmi, an internationally-known surgeon and his brother, Suleman Hashmi, president and CEO of Texas General Hospital.
The family group operates Texas General Hospital in Irving and in Grand Saline.
“This club emphasizes civic duty and that is what we are all about,” said Hashmi. “We tend to go into under-served areas. Large companies don’t want to go into these because they are not big-money markets, but it is certainly where you want to go if you genuinely care about helping people.”
The CEO said Bowie has been an interesting and good experience to get the hospital opened, despite so much red tape in the health care system.
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City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
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City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
No action was taken on a legal issue after members of the Bowie City Council met in a called closed session at 4 p.m. on July 12.
City Secretary Sandy Page said the council met for almost one hour for “consultation with attorney – Midwest Waste Services LLC vs. City of Bowie.
This lawsuit goes back to August 2019 when Midwest sued the city for its action requiring those who receive city water outside the city limits to use the designated waste collector, which is Waste Connections. This was shortly after the city signed a new long-term contract with WC.
The suit was dismissed in June 2020 on two points in the suit, but City Manager Bert Cunningham said a third point remained in mediation.
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