RMCCA reopens ICU
BY BRUCE BRANUM
Wednesday, May 6, at 10 a.m., Regional Medical Center of Central Alabama (RMCCA) held two noteworthy events.
The first event recognized two long term doctors of RMCCA for their valued contribution to hospital care in Greenville.
The second event was a ribbon cutting celebrating the re-opening of the RMCCA intensive care unit.
David Norrell, the new COO/FCO Admin of RMCCA, opened the first event with a few words thanking those in attendance and introducing medical staff and the Frey Medical Management (FMM) team.
The first event was held in the hospital cafeteria and both Dr. Danny Hood and Dr. Norman Floyd McGowin III were honored with having their names recognized.
The Intensive Care Unit was named in honor of Dr. Hood and the Surgery Unit was name in honor of Dr. McGowin.
Both doctors spoke at the event and recounted their long history with the hospital and thanking those contributed to their success.
Hood and McGowin also recounted how they felt the hospital was not going to last until the Frey Medical Management team stepped in take over management of operations.
Michael Frey with FMM then spoke and relayed the new confidence in the hospitals future vitality.
Frey said, “When you look at the current state of where we are, there’s a lot of excitement and there should be. We are extremely thrilled for the progress we have made in a short amount of time.”
As Frey has acknowledged before, he said, “The staff is the ones who deserve all the recognition.”
He went on to relay that in April, the average number of patients in the hospital was 4.7 but now is around 30 patients a day with just a little over two months since FMM assumed operations.
Frey added there were a lot of things on the horizon and new services were coming to the hospital.
He said, “This hospital is going to be the standard for rural hospitals and it is off to a good start.”
He also mentioned how both hospitals, RMCCA and Crenshaw Community Hospital share resources and staff, and equipment.
He noted, “The purpose of today is a good launching pad for the rest of what we are going to do for the next several years.”
He also noted the hospital which originally was looking to do away with 91 jobs has now hired an additional 52 people.
