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24-Hour Emergency Room/ Trinity Hospital Measure

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Mountain Com m unities Healthcare District

What is the issue?

• Trinity Hospital needs a local funding

measure in order to remain open

• I f the Measure fails, Trinity Hospital

and its 911 emergency medical services must close due to lack of funding

• Patients would be transported further to

Redding instead of nearby in Weaverville.

• The Mountain Communities Healthcare

District unanimously placed the “24- Hour Emergency Room/ Trinity Hospital Measure” on the local June ballot

• The Measure continues funding for the

hospital, with NO increase in taxes

Local Healthcare Saves Lives

• Trinity Hospital provides 24-hour

emergency care, with a doctor on duty

• I n past 3.5 years, Trinity Hospital

saved people’s lives 226 times

• People who may not have survived

transportation to the next closest hospital

• Trinity Hospital is centrally-located near

the junctures of highways 299 and 3

• Other ERs are about an hour or

more away, in good weather

Local Clinics and Labs

• The Measure keeps local clinics open
• Clinics in Hayfork and Weaverville
• The Measure keeps skilled nursing

services, labs, home health, and

• ther routine health services in our

community

• Our local lab receives 6000 visits per

year

• Serving seniors, residents needing

weekly blood monitoring, routine tests

Trinity Hospital & Our Economy

• Continuing local funding

prevents the elimination of up to 175 jobs at Trinity Hospital

• The local workforce will continue

to have access to an ER and 24- hour care

• Trinity Hospital is responsible for

$14 million in local economic activity

Why Act Now?

• Existing community funding for

Trinity Hospital is expiring

• Funding must be continued in
• rder for the hospital to remain
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How does this Measure help?

The “24-Hour ER/ Trinity Hospital Measure” will allow us to:

• Keep Trinity Hospital open
• Continue to provide 24-hour emergency care at

Trinity Hospital, with a doctor on duty

• Continue to provide emergency medical care

locally, rather than an hour or more away

• Keep medical clinics in Hayfork and Weaverville
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• Continue to provide key lab services, x-ray,

ultrasound, and CT scans locally

• Continue to provide skilled nursing

and home health services

Fiscal Accountability

• Continues existing funding

without raising taxes

• Expires in 5 years
• To ensure funds are spent

efficiently and as promised, the Measure requires:

• Public disclosure of expenditures
• Annual independent audits
• Oversight by locally elected

Board of Directors

When is the election?

June 7, 2011

How will the District keep the community informed?

Do you know of other

• rganizations that need this

information? Let us know! Contact Trinity Hospital CEO Tom Pyper at 623-5541 with any questions Visit the District website at: www.mcmedical.org