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♦ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2007
HEALTHCARE
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says that he’s not sure he’d
call the statewide system
“broken,” but it’s “signifi
cantly inadequate.”
“Last year we had great
hopes that we would achieve
progress,” he says, speak
ing of efforts by the General
Assembly,’ but the funding
got locked up.”
Check this out on a map
of Georgia, keeping in mind
that a trauma center is where
they take you if you have life
threatening injuries from an
auto collision, an explosion,
a shooting or some other
catastrophe. That’s where
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David Hill, left, received the rank of Detective Sergeant
in the Perry Police Dept, in a ceremony on Monday. Hill,
shown here with Public Safety Director George Potter,
was promoted from the rank of sergeant. At the ceremo
ny he received high praise from his co-workers for being
self-starter who sticks with the job. Hill, his wife Kathy
and children Austen and Kayla live in Perry.
CHAMBER
From page 4A
needless destruction of the
environment, an overtaxed
physical infrastructure and an
inadequate tax base to support
and maintain quality services.
A countywide Chamber of
Commerce working in closer
partnership with our county
Development Authority will be
more effective in developing
a balanced and coordinated
approach to community eco
nomic development. This was
a major goal of Vision 2020 that
has not been realized.
3. The community of the
21st Century is the region. For
Houston County to be a major
player and a major voice in the
economic future of the Middle
Georgia community we must
speak with one voice.
We must leverage all of
our assets and we must think
regionally and globally. The
world and the communities
of the 21st Century are truly
flat and a rising tide floats all
boats.
I know that there are legiti
mate concerns and issues that
need to be addressed, but the
Team Houston County Coalition
has provided a process and a
structure for dealing with these
issues and concerns in an equi
table manner.
I urge you to step out on
faith and give this collaborative
effort a chance to succeed.
It is the right thing to do and
we owe it to our children and
grandchildren.
David P. Mills Jr., Mills
& Associates, Inc., Perry
VOTE
From page 4A
a member of the Perry Chamber
of Commerce and have an
opinion about this important
issue, please vote on Tuesday,
October 2nd, between Bam and
2pm, at the Perry Chamber of
Commerce. The decision to
dissolve the Perry Chamber of
Commerce depends upon how
each Perry Chamber Member
votes.
Mia M. Geiger, Perry
Chamber Board of
Directors
you have the best shot at sur
vival if you have a traumatic
iryury.
Georgia has only four
Level 1 Trauma Centers: the
Medical Center in Macon;
Memorial Health University
Medical Center in Savannah;
the Medical College of
Georgia in Augusta, and
Grady Memorial in Atlanta.
There are seven Level 2
Trauma Centers, locat
ed in Rome, Roswell,
Columbus, Atlanta,
Dalton, Lawrenceville and
Thomasville.
What this means is that
vast areas of Georgia do not
have adequate access to trau
ma centers.
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1-75, you’re outranging liter
ally and figuratively,” Alford
said. “The trauma centers
are where the neurosurgeons
he cardio-thoracic surgeons
are. They’ve got the special
ized trauma surgeons.”
Alford points out that it’s
very expensive to operate
these centers, and the state
has looked at several options
for adding to the funding.
One option would be adding
an additional tax to the cost
of license plates. Another
suggestion has been to tax
cigarettes further.
Tuesday, October 16
11:30 am - 1 pm
Tickets are $lO each.
(lunch and gift included)
RAFB Museum of Aviation
Century of Flight Hangar
You must have a ticket to attend.
Sponsored by Houston Healthcare,
RAFB Health and Wellness Center,
American Cancer Society and the
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
Call 923-9771 for more information
and to purchase a ticket.
Houston Healthcare
This is going to be an issue
to watch in the next ses
sion of the Georgia General
Assembly.
■ In the same interview,
Alford discussed the problem
of providing indigent care
- or care for those unable to
pay. He pointed out that the
hospital complex, including
the Perry Hospital, had costs
of $6 million last year for
indigent care, and this is only
a portion of the S2B million
overall cost of bills not paid.
As a former family practi
tioner, Alford sees a broader
problem, which is that people
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who have chronic conditions
such as diabetes, hyperten
sion or asthma, can’t afford
regular doctor’s visits or
prescription drugs, and are
winding up coming to the
emergency room when their
conditions that could be con
trolled are much worse.
He blames part of this on
the state’s cutting back pub
lic health department ser
vices.
Alford, has big issues and
some very big buildings to
see about, with the tower
construction at the Houston
Medical Center, but he’s still
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got his mind on reaching out
to the rural areas, and is hop
ing to see a federaUy funded
community health care cen
ter in south Houston County,
which would serve only
qualified low-income people.
Alford is on the board of
Community Health Works,
a Forsyth-based organization
working to improve health
care.
That organization recently
received an SBO,OOO federal
planning grant for the cre
ation of a Federally Qualified
Health Center in southern
Houston County.
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