A hearing about the potential sale of Greenwood Leflore Hospital will be held Sept. 13 at the Leflore County Civic Center.
Speakers will be given five minutes at the meeting to express their opinions on whether or not the city and county should sell the 208-bed medical facility.
Call Mayor Carolyn McAdams at 455-7605 or write her at P.O. Box 907, Greenwood, MS 38935-0907 by the close of business on Sept. 12 to preregister to speak.
Registration will be accepted at the door from 4:30 to 5 p.m. on Sept. 13 at the Civic Center, but preference will be given to those who preregister. The meeting will last from 5 to 7 p.m.
Written comments regarding the potential sale or lease may be faxed to 455-7635 or emailed to cmcadams@
cityofgreenwood.org.
McAdams said Saturday afternoon that no comments had been submitted and no one had asked to make a presentation, but she added there’s still a lot of time left.
The hospital is jointly owned by Greenwood and Leflore County and is the area’s largest employer. It has made modest profits in recent years, but changes in the health care law and sales of hospitals in other Mississippi communities have prompted consideration of a sale.
A 10-member committee — two members each from the City Council, Board of Supervisors, Hospital Board, hospital administration and medical staff — is writing a request for proposals that spells out stipulations of a possible sale to bidders.
If the city and county receive a bid and both vote to accept it, the people of Leflore County would have 30 days to get 1,500 signatures to put the decision to a referendum.
