Parkridge Health System moved a hearing before the state for its proposed freestanding emergency room in Cleveland, Tennessee, to February because of winter weather.
The Tennessee Health Facilities Commission in Nashville will hear Parkridge’s arguments, and those of the project’s opponents, on Feb. 25. The hearing was originally scheduled for Wednesday.
The hospital system made the decision for safety, especially of residents and health care leaders traveling from Bradley and Polk counties to Nashville, it said in a press release.
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“For families and community leaders willing to travel to Nashville to support this project, their safety comes first,” Chris Cosby, CEO of Parkridge, said in the release. “We’re incredibly grateful for the overwhelming community support we’ve seen for the Parkridge Cleveland ER, and it was clear that asking people to make that trip under uncertain winter weather conditions was not the responsible choice.”