Story author - Lauren Holley
 
Meeting 12/07/21
Announcements:
Christmas Party last Saturday 12/4 was great - good food and a lot of toy donations for Deep Well, filled up Lynn's trunk!
 
Holiday/Christmas Gift Basket Sign Up sheet at meeting. Set for Wednesday, 12/22 at 4PM. Event after TBD, Planning on doing 55 baskets!
 
Guests:  Dot Jeger visiting today; Sandy (Kristin's guest) - First Posting
 
Speaker:
Joel Taylor - Marketing Chief Executive Officer for HHI Regional Healthcare
photo credit - Lynn King
- 1200 total employed
- He helps with Physician Recruitment for the area
- They come here because they like the smaller community feel
- Covered the various locations/facilities under the umbrella of the HHI Regional Healthcare
- Newest addition being the Tidewatch ER at the back gate of Sun City
- They assisted this year in bridging the gap to more rapid/at-home testing and no longer directly providing COVID tests
- Over 41,000 vaccines administered
- Big struggle during COVID was people who needed to go to the hospital avoiding the hospital
- Review some of their specialties at their facilities and various doctors who cover
- 2nd leading in Urology, which a lot of people do not realize
- Future holds some additional research in stroke care, infectious disease program, and trying to identify best ways to take care of the sicker people in the community.  

photo credit Lynn King