Adkinson: hospitals in trouble

Retired Brewton physician asks county commission to intervene but ommission says it has no such authority

Retired Brewton Physician Jimmy Adkinson appeared before the Escambia County (Ala.) Commission Monday asking "What's your thinking on our hospitals" while asking the commission what it was going to do to save the county's two hospitals.

He learned that the county commission has no authority over the Escambia County Healthcare

Authority and its only role is to appoint members to that board.

Commission Chairman Raymond Wiggins said the commission had asked for an attorney general's opinion as to whether or not the commission had the authority to place an additional 4 mill tax on the ballot for t...

 
 
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