Chattanooga’s Erlanger Hospital is seen in this aerial file photo.
Patrick Kellogg is seen in this file photo.A community activist and former Erlanger employee called on Hamilton County commissioners to work against what he called “a catastrophe in the making,” referencing recent actions by the hospital’s board and proposed legislation to reform it.
Patrick Kellogg, who Erlanger said left the hospital in March 2011, claims hospital trustees violated the state’s open meetings law on four occasions before appointing Kevin Spiegel as CEO on Monday.
He said Wednesday he plans to file injunction paperwork against the board in Chancery Court by Friday.
Kellogg said he left the hospital to become a community activist working with emerging gang problems.
State law passed in 2011 allows hospitals bound by open meetings laws, like Erlanger, to hold closed meetings to discuss strategic business planning to protect the hospital’s ability to compete with the private sector. But any action resulting from those meetings is subject to open meetings laws.