The Board of Trustees approved resolutions to amend the bylaws at Dyersburg Health, Inc., and Martin Health, Inc., during its monthly meeting at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital, Tuesday.
Management recommended amending the bylaws to allow residents of Dyer County, Weakley County and their contiguous counties to serve on the Advisory Board, if so appointed by this District Board of Trustees, in order to obtain community involvement from the area served by the Hospital and its clinics at Dyersburg Health, Inc., doing business as West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital, and Martin Health, Inc., doing business as West Tennessee Healthcare Volunteer Hospital.
Beth Kizer, director, Neurosciences, delivered a special report involving The Primary Stroke Center.
Kizer said 1,800 stroke patients enter Jackson-Madison County General Hospital yearly.
Strokes are the fifth leading cause of death in the United States, and more than 800,000 people experience a stroke each year.
(PHOTO: Danny Wheeler, left, is West Tennessee Healthcare’s chairman of the Board of Trustees. James Ross, right is WTH’s president/CEO and, Curtis Mansfield, center, is a Board member)
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