October 25th Parkridge Hospital

Lynn Campbell



Marty Bridges from Palmetto Baptist Hospital

Danny Morales and Larry Stohs


The Cotton House

Last Meeting
October 25, 2006

Reporter – Barry Johns

President Molly Cousins called our meeting to order, the invocation was given by Dr. Carey Hite. John Hanson introduced our guests. Lyman Whitehead gave us words of wisdom with his Health and Happiness presentation.

Dr. Lynn Campbell quizzed us with information about Rotary and its history. Herb Harrison reminded us about the Fall Social that will be held at Inglewood Manor on November 1st at 6:00 pm. Directions are on the BLOG. There will be no Wednesday morning meeting on November 1st.

President Molly announced that the Interact Club was delivering dictionaries today for the Dictionary Project. She also reported a decision made by the Board last week concerning the funds reimbursed by D’s for the two weeks of breakfast meals that we did not receive. The funds will be used to provide scholarships to Lexington 5 District Honors Choir.

Blount Shepard announced that we will have another trash pick up on November 11th. Lyman Whitehead reminded everyone to vote on November 7 and to use absentee ballots if necessary.

Dr. Carey Hite introduced our speaker, Julian Gibbons, Director of Pubic Relations for Palmetto Health and another special guest, Marty Bridges, C.O.O. for Palmetto Health. Mr. Gibbons informed us that Palmetto Health, which is a 501C Non-Profit, had filed a new application with the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) for a Certificate of Need (CON) to build a full service hospital on current Palmetto Health property at the intersection of I-26 and SC Highway 60/Lake Murray Boulevard.

Palmetto Health Baptist Parkridge plans to include:

76 licensed acute care beds.
A four story state of the art facility built on a 68 acre site.
Services for residents in and around Irmo, Dutch Fork, Harbison and portions of Lexington and Little Mountain.
Medical staff of physicians who can serve a broad range of patient needs.
Proposed services include: Emergency Department; Orthopedics; Ophthalmology; Endocrinology; Pulmonary Medicine; Ear, Nose & Throat; ICU; Gastroenterology; Cardiology; General Medicine; Obstetrics/Gynecology; Nursery; Plastic Surgery; Rehab.; Urology; and Helipad.

If approved, the hospital facility will be completed sometime in 2010. Mr. Gibbons closed by asking the community for the three types of support: 1) to write letters to DHEC, 2) to educate and encourage neighbors, and 3) to fill out the “I’m for Parkridge” forms.

The meeting was concluded with Happy Dollars and adjournment by President Molly Cousins.