LHC Board of Managers meets in regular session

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The Lamb Healthcare Center Board of Managers met in regular session on Tuesday, Nov. 16 th , during lunch in the Education Room of Lamb Healthcare Center.

The meeting was called to order at 12:07 by Board President Tony Barton and there was no one present for open forum/public comment.

The minutes from the Oct. 19 th meeting were approved as read. The motion to approve the minutes was made by Board Secretary, Jeni D. Brunson and seconded by Treasurer, Carla Synatschk. The motion carried.

LHC CEO Cindy Klein gave the financial report, saying “At the end of October 2021, we had an ending county bank balance of $6,080,988.27 and the balance today, Nov. 16, 2021, was $6,512,763.58.”

Dr. Cindy George, MD talked about the medical staff report, saying, “We’ve had a few ER complaints, but the problem has been handled. We’ve had some difficulties with admitting patients from the ER, but a lot of the problem is that they are asking us to admit patients who really aren’t appropriate for here and need to be in

ICU, but there are no beds anywhere.

The motion to approve the initial appointment of Dr. James C. Haug, DO – Direct Radiology was made by Synatschk and seconded by Brunson. The motion carried.

There was also a motion made by Synatschk to approve the reappointments of Dr. Atul B. Joshi, MD – Orthopedics; Dr. James Montgomery, MD – Lubbock Radiology; Dr. Dhawal A. Goradia, MD – Direct Radiology and Dr. Francis J. Cloran, MD – Direct Radiology. The motion was seconded by Brunson. The motion carried.

“We are still seeing people with sick symptoms outside, because we’re trying to protect the rest of the clinic, Dr. George said. “If we can get things done while they’re at the car, then when their COVID test comes back negative, then we will see them again and start over. We’re trying to do the COVID high sensitivity tests at the hospital, because that is the supplies that we have. We are trying to hold the rapid testing for people who need to be admitted or need to be transferred.”

Stacie Styron, DON gave the Committee Reports and Klein gave her Administrative report, saying, “We’ve been awarded a grant from the SHIP Comittee for $255,000. They won’t just give us the money, but they reimburse us for things that we use it for. It is for things like HVAC systems and things that purify the air.”

Klein said they are still working to get a three-year plan committee meeting together.

The Board went into executive session regarding the Vaccine Mandate and personnel matters at 12:45 p.m.

No actions were taken and the meeting was adjourned.