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May get hospital — City Attorney Becky Vose confirmed a health-care provider is looking over Deltona for a possible new hospital site.
Unnamed health-care company scouting city for sites
By Al Everson
posted Dec 5, 2012 - 7:40:33am
The biggest city in Volusia County may be poised to get a hospital.
Deltona officials are saying little, but insist that a health-care entity — whose identity they are not disclosing — is gathering information about the area’s medical needs, and scouting for possible sites inside the city.
“They’re doing the research. We’ve had several things happen that look very favorable, and we can’t say what they are,” Deltona Economic Development Administrator Jerry Mayes said. “Hopefully, in a couple of weeks, we may have an announcement.”
Under Florida law, state and local agencies seeking to recruit new or expanding businesses may keep their negotiations confidential.
City Attorney Becky Vose confirmed a health-care provider is, indeed, looking over Deltona, but she refrained from naming names.
“I can tell you they are extremely real. They are very real,” she said.
The news comes four years after Florida Hospitals purchased about 11 acres at the northwest corner of Doyle Road and State Road 415. Florida Hospitals officials told city leaders at that time that they might build outpatient medical facilities there and gradually expand those into a hospital.
The site in question is inside the Osteen joint-planning area, a tract of approximately 3,000 acres whose future development is to be guided by an agreement between the City of Deltona and Volusia County.
Before a hospital could be developed in Deltona, the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration would have to issue a license, known as a certificate of need, for a prescribed number of hospital beds.
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As to medicare, I've paid into it for 30+ yrs, though not used it. If the need arises and, am eligable, I will exercise my right.
As to conspiracy theorists, most use that as a blanket justification for their lack of understanding of the facts. The fact is this hospital negoc has been ongoing for 2 mos plus and was mentioned in the DCC mtg in Nov (apprx a month ago), at which time J Mayes stated his 2 week time-line as to an announcement, well overdue at this time.
Perhaps your comments would be taken seriously if directed toward the topic, instead of in the form of personal attacks and attempts to discredit via disinformation, though that is your right under the 1st ammendment. Best...
Why everytime I read an article you have some negative comment. It clearly says in the article under Florida Law deals can be kept confidential. They told you its a healthcare facility, what more do you need to know? Im sure they will take medicare so you have nothing to worry about! Is this another conspiracy theory you seem to think everything is. Everyone is out to get you right? One question, how many cats do you have?
Question is , what is our local gov't hiding from us and Cui Bono? Hopefully the new City Commisioners will have the ability of CRITICAL THINKING and report accordinly to their taxpayers. Seems $350k Vose is in this for personal gain.
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