Posted by Teach4Peace (anonymous) on February 26, 2008 at 1:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)

WOW, let's hope the future of one of the main hospitals in Natchez is good! I say to this also, we need a new hospital administration. One who will make sure patients are given great service, and one that will make sure it gets paid, for that good service.

Posted by destiny (anonymous) on February 26, 2008 at 1:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)

OOOPS, GEE, here we go again, behind locked doors. Yes, t4p, exactly. New administration only may save it. But like I said before, same tune, same lyrics for 30 years.

Posted by brod (anonymous) on February 26, 2008 at 1:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Natchez Regional Medical Center is in dire need of an administrative over-haul. The people that actually do the "work" are not treated fairly and not given the recognition they well deserve. There have numerous employees in the past several years that have been let go or given no other ultimatum but to seek employment else where simply because they are about to retire. NRMC pays far too much to its "higher-ups" than they deserve. Management needs to be managed.

Posted by roberth33 (anonymous) on February 26, 2008 at 1:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)

These "private" meetings of public officials has got to stop!

This is not the Soviet Union. They are representatives of the people and must be accountable.

I demand public access to these meetings. If you cannot uphold the open meetings law than get the hell off the Supervisors!

Posted by mike8427 (anonymous) on February 26, 2008 at 1:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Oh no, here we go again..........................

Posted by tigermom (anonymous) on February 26, 2008 at 2:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)

"t4p" and "brod", you have no idea how right you are about all of the administration needing an overhaul!
As a 22yr. NRMC nurse, I cannot even begin to tell you how horrible the overall mgmt., and nursing management has become over the last few years.
It all began years ago with the general management when Quroum took over and has worsened in the past 3 years when they made a Chief Financial Officer the Chief Executive Officer!
This man knows nothing about working with the physicians, nurses, or general public. He was not qualified to be a CEO as a hospital administrator. He was put there in order to save money that a real CEO would have cost. Now look what that brillant decision has cost the hospital!
The nursing morale has suffered just as greatly under its leadership, not to mention every other department in the hospital.
You have very hard working doctors who hit an obstacle at every turn with administration, and nurses, therapists, and technicians who are given no support or respect for the long, tiring, crucial work that they provide.
This hospital is important to the employees as well as the public and it is a disgrace that the board of supervisors have not stepped in for the past 3 years to see why all of the doctors and experienced nurses have left or are leaving.
The upper mangagement at NRMC does not care about its employees only their positions. The management philosphy on people leaving is that "they can be replaced!"
Yes, they can with inexperienced people that do not have the loyalty or compassion for NRMC that most of us do.
Maybe, just maybe, by the grace of God, the supervisors will see what an inadequate job is being done by this management currently in place and they can try to salvage a desperately needed medical service that this town needs.

Posted by sayitloud (anonymous) on February 26, 2008 at 2:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)

we can keep our fingers crossed I suppose on this one!
Are you still with the hospital tigermom?

Posted by tigermom (anonymous) on February 26, 2008 at 2:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Yes, just hoping I have the opportunity to finish out there with my retirement. I do love that hospital, my patients, my co-workers and our physicians.
We do give it our best but unfortunately some times things don't always go well for everyone that comes to us.
As we all know, none of us are perfect and we do make mistakes.

Posted by roberth33 (anonymous) on February 26, 2008 at 2:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)

this article is about the closed door meeting--which is UN-AMERICAN! This is disgusting.

Posted by kpage (anonymous) on February 26, 2008 at 2:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Thanks, tigermom. You're a diamond in the rough.

When are these people gonna figure out that closed door meetings are a no-no???? Thank you Natchez Democrat for being our voice in this issue.

Posted by Bozo (anonymous) on February 26, 2008 at 2:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Big Deal. Hopefully they're figuring out a way to make the deadbeats pay their bills. It takes money to pay employees and run a hospital, if you use the facililty PAY UP or arrange to make monthly payments. To many pay nothing and never intend to.

Posted by sayitloud (anonymous) on February 26, 2008 at 3:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Yeah my hat goes off to you tigermom and thank you for all you do!

Posted by snatchez (anonymous) on February 26, 2008 at 3:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)

when you have a private meeting sometimes you have to talk about people and the public does not need those comments. The hospital board is appointed and they have to deal with the hand that the supervisors gave them. This board inherited the management and the previous board spend millions when they could not afford it. The supervisors gave away the land next door and the hosptial had to pay for the parking lot ($600,000.00).
Tigermom, you receive a benfit package of 13% paid by the hospital for your retirement. Free insurance, if you don't like that let me have that job with all the free perks.

Posted by seakmr (anonymous) on February 26, 2008 at 4:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Snatchez-if you're so smart, then you would know that employees of NRMC pay for their own insurance and the benefit package only pays 11%, not 13%. We also pay 7% out of out checks to go to retirement. We have only had two 3 % raises in the past 10 years. So tell me, where are all these "free perks" you mentioned? Also, you probably couldn't handle our jobs. You sound like all you want out of life are free handouts and free perks, none of which nursing provides.

Posted by lambchop (anonymous) on February 26, 2008 at 4:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I can tell you from working at a local company where the management changed and only for the worst. First, they brought in outsider who "cleaned house" and there went 3 of our top men who were doing good work, not without mistakes or bad judgment, but not doing bad enough to fire on the spot with no notice. These men were people persons - the public liked them, and staff liked them. Then these 3 got a 4th to leave and talk about not having any left overs with experience. Then after this person left several more came and all got worse and worse. They made all the money and stomped on the little people. They were caught in lies but who can you report to, the board -- no they were all chummy. No the little guy and gal who sit behind desks or other forms of work and do all the necessary things to keep a business moving and making sure the i's and t's are crossed, get nothing in return. Only the big shots and their cronies got the big bonuses, and the little worked got left out (again and again). Outsiders are not always the best redress answer. Talking from experience but thank God I am no longer there.

Posted by sandyman7 (anonymous) on February 26, 2008 at 4:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)

GOOD GRIEF.....So what If the ND get there feelings hurt because the board meets with Hospital board behind closed doors....When difficult decisions have to be made, sometimes it is best to do that and hopefully come to a very hard resolution without being critized even before their decision can be tried....I say If it takes a CLOSED DOOR metting to get results...then do it!!

Posted by EnKiKur (anonymous) on February 26, 2008 at 4:43 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Sandyman, that is what Ronald Reagan said when instructing his minions to set up the Iran-Contra Affair. Involving the public in things that affect them is just too slow! Why, if Reagan had to have Congress' approval to break trade embargos with Iran they might not have gone along with it! Congress might not have wanted to be involved with gun-running and drug smuggling using machinery bought by the taxpayers and personnel paid by the taxpayers. Sometimes ethical action rears it's ugly head, even in Congress.

Transparency laws are for our protection, secrecy is for the protection of scoundrels.

Posted by roberth33 (anonymous) on February 26, 2008 at 5:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)

sandyman the problem is Closed Door meetings are ILLEGAL.

How about the hold closed door meetings to decide whose house they are going to tear down to build a gas station??

How about they hold a closed door meeting to decide whose how to bulldoze to build a highway.

We have laws that state all of these types of meetings MUST be held before the public.

Locking you and me out it a CRIME and the supervisors should all be subject to a recall effort.

Posted by NatchezEnema (anonymous) on February 26, 2008 at 6:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Who does the hospital serve? US! Natchez, We should not be locked out by closed meetings. Deceit is always born in secrecy. Rats and roaches run when you cut the light on, and this town needs the light cut on it all over!

Posted by brod (anonymous) on February 26, 2008 at 6:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)

My child was born in 1986 at then Jefferson Davis Mem. After being discharged, I asked for an itemized statement. Hold on to your hats, on that itemized statement I was charged $10.00 for two tylenol. I was charged for the delivery room which I never saw. I went straight from the labor room to surgery. Many years later, I was stung by several yellow jackets. I was stung on the nose and face and wound up at the emergency room. After the physician on call looked at me and gave me two benadryl and a lortab plus. I was sent home to receive a bill for $450.00. I can only imagine what the costs are now. What do these fees pay for? I doubt it goes to the employees. What the Dr. did for me may have been worth $50.00. He was in the room 8 minutes, maybe. I could go on, but let me ask this, what in the h_ll can our newly elected brd. of suprv. possibly offer in the areas of management or enlightenment to NRMC? I don't see any of them capable of handling what is needed to help NRMC. The present management has dug a hole so deep, an Abyss, now they want to turn it over to the county. They need to be held accountable.

Posted by genlee (anonymous) on February 26, 2008 at 10:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)

If we are going to have this board of supervisors step-in and advise anyone on how to "run" the hospital then it's sure to fold. There is not an experienced business man in the bunch, much less anyone that knows anything about hospital management. It's really a joke. YOU elected the 3 stooges though. What a shame.