Doctors leaving amid dwindling healthcare in Dothan, chairman claims

The biggest issue is the selection of Authority members, with commissioners’ hands bound to a handful of recommendations the Authority provides.Southeast Health management scoffed at Shoupe’s notion that doctors bolted and healthcare declined because of Authority or hospital management.

“Southeast Health is continually working to expand access to care through physician recruitment, service line expansion, growth of medical education programs, and new partnerships in an effort to meet community needs,” it said in a statement. That statement pointed to expanded oncology services, stroke and neuroscience, expansion of cardiology services, and diagnostic imaging among its cutting-edge medical advances.

According to a recent survey by the Lown Institute Hospitals Index, Southeast Health Medical Center was recently recognized as a “Socially Responsible” hospital, ranked first among 77 hospitals in Alabama. It has also been recognized for medical advancement, with more patients each year that any hospital within 100 miles.

Because Herring and District 4 commissioner James Ivey refused to appoint two new members for terms that begin on October 1, Sowell and board member Dr. Bob Theune will continue serving until they make appointments.Commissioners Curtis Harvey and Tracy Adams appointed Dr. Debora Pettway and Dr. Bruce Wozow to the Authority, respectively.

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