Farrell Hayes, Hutcheson Medical Center CEO, responds to questions at the Colonnade.
An account appearing to belong to Hutcheson hospital CEO Farrell Hayes challenged a former employee to a fight after that employee questioned the salaries of Hayes and other hospital officials as the hospital prepared to close for good. Scott Lewis, former emergency services coordinator for the ailing Hutcheson Medical Center, says he was bullied and threatened by the hospital CEO Farrell Hayes and his wife, Susan Hayes.
The Hutcheson CEO, whose hospital is poised to close on Friday, told a reporter that his account was hacked and that he had nothing to do with comments made on Facebook in which he appeared to challenge Lewis to a fight.
The digital altercation began when Lewis posted a comment to a group made up of Hutcheson employees in which he blamed the hospital’s executive staff for its failing fortunes, using off-color language to indicate his belief that hospital officials were using an emotional appeal to cover over the cold reality in which the institution found itself.
Someone using an account appearing to belong to Susan Hayes, wife of the hospital’s CEO, rejected Lewis’ arguments, calling his points “simply wrong.”
Lewis then alleged that Susan Hayes was “getting a new car” while others were “just trying to survive after being laid off.”