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Last week, Republican Gubernatorial candidate Zach Wamp did something no other candidate has done, took the pledge to “return to the Regional Medical Center all federal funds received as a direct result of compensated medical care rendered by the Med”. (source) The Commercial Appeal has an article in this morning’s paper that notes the...
He’s not a happy camper and has filed another civil right discrimination complaint against the state regarding the Med in Memphis. He believes that the state is pivoting the trauma hospital against others for funding. Ritz is a Shelby County Commissioner from District 1. Shelby County lawmakers are not happy themselves with Ritz’s timing....
The Memphis Daily News has the agenda for the 1:30 p.m. meeting. Up for discussion, tweaking zoning rules on adult businesses.
The CA reports that some state officials will be touring the MED today along with members of the Shelby County delegation. I wonder if anyone sent an invite to Mike Ritz Probably not…
Since late October, with the announcement that certain services may be cut without additional funding, the Regional Medical Center at Memphis, The MED, has been at the center of a conversation about ensuring the public’s access to critical services, management issues, and more than anything else, money. The $32 million shortfall that currently threatens...
Jackson Baker takes a look at the issues surrounding the complaint filed my Shelby County Commissioner Mike Ritz (8.3mb PDF). With the Med in financial crisis, and with a beleaguered county government (which just upped its own contributions from $27 million to $37 million) getting no or minimal help from equally strapped city and...