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Valley Health defends Warren Memorial Hospital; Board adopts resolution seeking more maternity services
Summary
Valley Health leaders rebutted recent criticisms and detailed the capabilities of Warren Memorial Hospital. After public testimony and discussion, the Warren County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a nonbinding resolution requesting additional maternity and women's health services in the county.
Jennifer Coelho, vice president of operations and administrator at Warren Memorial Hospital, told the Warren County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 20 that the hospital is not a "Band-Aid station" and outlined the facility's size and services in a direct response to criticism raised in recent meetings and news coverage. "We are 1 of the state's newest and most technologically advanced hospitals," Coelho said, citing a more-than-$100,000,000 investment and a 42% expansion that supports a 24/7 emergency department serving about 25,000 patients a year, three operating rooms performing about 1,600 surgeries annually and a cardiac catheterization lab performing roughly 500 procedures a year.
Coelho and Chris Rucker, a Winchester…
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