COUNTY UNWILLING TO TAKE ON HOSPITAL.Byline: Andrea Cavanaugh Staff Writer Ventura County has broken off negotiations to form a partnership with debt-ridden Santa Paula Santa Paula (săn`tə pôl`ə), city (1990 pop. 25,062), Ventura co., S Calif., on the Santa Clara River in a fertile valley that yields citrus fruits, avocados, vegetables, flowers, nursery products, and walnuts; laid out 1875, inc. Memorial Hospital because the financial pitfalls are too great, a county supervisor said Tuesday. Negotiators couldn't reach an agreement on issues such as lease terms and rental rates that would protect the county's interests, said Supervisor Kathy Long, whose district includes the hospital. ``We agreed from the start that we could not jeopardize jeop·ard·ize tr.v. jeop·ard·ized, jeop·ard·iz·ing, jeop·ard·izes To expose to loss or injury; imperil. See Synonyms at endanger. the county's financial position or health care,'' Long said. ``The board feels that the risk is too great.'' Board members were concerned with hospital officials' unwillingness to disclose certain financial information, Long said. Hospital CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Mark Gregson did not return an after-hours call placed to his office Tuesday, and a call to Chairman Philip Romney was referred to Gregson. Negotiations on the partnership fizzled after months of wrestling wrestling, sport in which two unarmed opponents grapple with one another. The object is to secure a fall, i.e., cause the opponent to lose balance and fall to the floor, and ultimately to pin the supine opponent's shoulders to the floor, through the use of body over the details. Hospital officials began discussing an affiliation with private Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura, but reached no agreement. Santa Paula Memorial Hospital provides the nearest emergency room for more than 50,000 residents of the Santa Clara River Valley The Santa Clara River Valley is a rural region of eastern Ventura County, California and northwest Los Angeles County, California that is named for the Santa Clara River which winds through the valley before emptying into the Pacific Ocean between the cities of Oxnard and Ventura. east of Ventura. Andrea Cavanaugh, (805) 583-7604 andrea.cavanaugh(at)dailynews.com |
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