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Commissioner urges support for certificate of need amid local hospital dispute
Summary
During the consent agenda discussion, Commissioner Gallant urged fellow officials to back a certificate of need for Ascension Saint Thomas and TriStar hospitals, criticized Tenova Healthcare's opposition letters, and encouraged attendance at a July 23 State House event; the consent agenda item supporting a certificate of need was approved 21-0.
During consideration of the consent agenda on July 14, Commissioner Gallant called attention to a public report that Tenova Healthcare had sent letters to the state opposing expansion by Ascension Saint Thomas and TriStar hospitals in Clarksville. Gallant criticized Tenova's action as "appalling,…
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