When I first heard Jackson Hospital was closing, or that they were thinking of closing, the first thing I did was I got on a plane … and I convened the governor’s office, the city, the county, the Blue Cross Blue Shield representatives, the management group of the hospital and the operating group of the hospital to talk about what was going on.
Discussing efforts to keep Jackson Hospital open.
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