On New hospital planned in Janesville
Posted on April 15 at 3:33 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
"Wisconsinheat" brings up a good point, but, unfortunately, it doesn't represent reality. Javon runs the Board, period. The Mercy Board is his puppet to manipulate. New board=newCEO=new Mercy. Maybe St. Marys wouldn't have to step in and do what Javon and the Board have failed to do if that "equation" was implemented.
On Some say new hospital will bring pain, not relief
Posted on April 11 at 1:18 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Finally!!! Javon Bea getting a dose of his own medicine. Didn't he try to do the same thing in Crystal Lake, IL. Wasn't his rationale the same as Dean/St. Mary's. So why doesn't competition work in Janesville when,apparently, it does in Crystal Lake (and Beloit). Simple answer. Mr. Bea has been creating the truth in Janesville for 20 years now. Does the fable "The Emperors Clothes" ring a bell? Ladies and gentlemen, competition works in healthcare, just like in every American industry. The Dean/St. Marys hospital will be good for Janesville. Let's face it, the existing Mercy Hospital complex is outdated and is in the wrong location given Janesville's geographic growth. The Dean east side complex will be convenient and state-of-the-art. Last question. Didn't Mercy 10 or so years ago buy land near I-90 and Hwy 26 to build a new hospital. I remember seeing the story in the Gazette. What happend to that plan? Is it possible that the healthcare future of Janesville was put on the back burner in the interest of Bea's quest to build an empire in Illinois? His ego is legendary. Now a competitor comes in to do what he should have been done 10 years ago. I say we tip our hats to Dean/St. Marys and support them all the way. As for Mr. Bea, if I were a Board member I would be questioning his business strategy and judgement skills and whether it was time find a CEO whose focus was Janesville and southern Wisconsin.
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On New hospital planned in Janesville
Posted on April 21 at 3:03 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
TCB,please don't get too enamored of awards. Track records are what really count and Mr. Bea's is totally self-serving. TCB, please see my comments under the story titled "Some Say Hospital Will Bring Pain, Not Relief". The info presented is historically correct even if you don't come to the same conclusions.