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Au,qust 27, 2002 "A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC NEED APPLICATIONS FILED BY THE BON SECOURS MARYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER TO ESTABLISH OPEN HEART SURGERY SERVICES AND TO ADD A SECOND CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LABORATORY. WHEREAS, the Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center ("Maryview") opened its doors in 1945 and has been serving the citizens of Portsmouth and surrounding communities for 57 years; and WHEREAS, Maryview today serves patients from the cities of Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Smithfield and Franklin, and from the counties of Isle of Wight and Southampton, and other surrounding localities; and WHEREAS, these communities collectively make up what is called Western Hampton Roads or western Tidewater; and WHEREAS, the communities of Western Hampton Roads, including Portsmouth, have death rates from heart disease higher than the rest of Hampton Roads and higher than the Virginia average, and WHEREAS, studies have indicated that a locally-placed Open Heart Surgery Program could help to reduce levels of cardiovascular disease and save lives; and WHEREAS, the development of an Open Heart Surgery Program at Maryview would enable residents of Portsmouth and other Western Hampton Roads localities to receive more readily-accessible cardiac care; and WHEREAS, Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System, of which Maryview is a part, is already the leading provider of medical cardiology services in the region; and WHEREAS, Maryview has applied to the Virginia Health Department for permission to add a second cardiac catheterization laboratory and to build and operate an Open Heart Surgery Program in Portsmouth; and WHEREAS, Maryview's program will be developed through an affiliation with one of the nation's leading cardiothoracic surgery programs, thus ensuring the highest quality; and WHEREAS, the proposed program at Maryview will create more than 30 new highly-skilled jobs and will draw patients to the area; and WHEREAS, the establishment of an Open Heart Surgery Program by Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System will provide patients, employers and physicians a choice of open heart providers. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that it hereby urges the Eastern Virginia Health Systems Agency and the Virginia Department of Health to approve the Certificate of Public Need applications filed by the Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center to add a second cardiac catheterization laboratory and to establish Open Heart Services. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby directed to forward copies of this resolution to the members of the Board of Directors of the Eastern Virginia Health Systems Agency." Ayes: Benn, Griffin, Pitts, Randall, Whitehurst, Holley Nays: None - New Business - 02 - 262 - Boards and Commissions There were no appointments.