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Originally Posted by Goldwingnut
Yes, at the evening with the developer, they talked around the new hospital quite a bit and never said a word about it. As I am understanding it changes in UF upper management have caused considerable slowdowns. There is a huge information vacuum on the topic, my best and deepest digging is still turning up very little. It would be a true shame if UF backs out, another hospital group could replace them, but it would not likely then be a teaching/research hospital as originally planned. A lot of time and money has gone into this so far and the need is great, it would be a huge loss for the community and both Lake and Sumter County if nothing becomes of it.
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At a recent uf town hall nothing was mentioned about a new hosp. Rumor has it they were denied a certificate of need. They were late to the table because HCA got a CON for their hosp in the beaumont area behind there free standing er. The only chatter was a expansion of the uf health free standing er on 44 in brownwood. It was originally built to be expanded. This is a very hard area to attract quality physicians. Both UF hospitals in the area struggle to provide quality care because of this.