[Kzyxtalk] Colorful behind-the-scenes stories of the coast hospital.

[Marco McClean]

On 6/20/2017 10:11 PM, Editor wrote:
 > ...There is a critical MCDH Board Meeting at Fort Bragg Town Hall on
 > Thursday, June 22 at 6:00 to decide whether to slash or commit to the
 > Obstetrics/OB program.
 >
 > http://mendocinotv.com/2017/06/20/mcdh-finance-committtee-june-20-2017/
 >
 > 
http://mendocinotv.com/2017/06/15/special-mcdh-board-meeting-to-approve-the-2017-2018-capital-and-operating-budget/
 >
 > 
<http://mendocinotv.com/2017/06/15/special-mcdh-board-meeting-to-approve-the-2017-2018-capital-and-operating-budget/>


     Another resource for coast hospital-related information is a 
collection of Scott Peterson's investigations into local nonprofit 
corporations (that I've been reading aloud on KNYO).

     Here are just the stories he wrote since March of this year about 
people behind the financial situation at the coast hospital:

Big Plans.
The Fort Bragg Hospital’s Secret Documents, 6/17/17
"DR. CHRISTIAN R. SCHLICHT was a phenomenally
successful surgeon at the Gerald Champion Regional Medical
Center in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
https://tinyurl.com/ybokxx7y

Over the Moons.
Profiting from Mendocino’s Unfortunate, 4/16/17
"BLANCA CONTRERAS had it made. In 2010, the former fruit picker and 
eighth grade graduate had clawed her way to the top.
https://tinyurl.com/y6uj6wnb

Mavericks.
High Rolling Babes in Mendocino, 4/13/17
"THE O’CONNOR family was really something. ‘Kid Jerome’ — the man of the 
house — was a boxer.
https://tinyurl.com/y9vhm5et

Flying Monkeys.
Nurse Ratched Comes to Fort Bragg, 4/10/17
"THE NAME on her HIPAA certification is Precious Deshield. She was a 
registered nurse down in Houston, Texas, y’all.
https://tinyurl.com/ybpnt9bj

Devil's House.
One Hell of a Hospital, 4/7/17
"IT WAS CALLED ‘The Wall of Sound’ — and it was. Even
on AM radio, Phil Spector’s songs roared.
https://tinyurl.com/yblupzsq

Nebbish.
Fort Bragg’s Pitiful President, 4/3/17
"YIDDISH is a great language. Where words actually sound like what they 
mean. Like the word klutz. You can just feel it.
https://tinyurl.com/y9jkwdgz

Off the Charts.
A Hospital CFO Faces the Music, 4/1/17
"WILLIAM PLAYFAIR is a man you’ve probably never heard of — but his 
inventions are everywhere today.
https://tinyurl.com/y7w28v87

Jackpot!
Justice for Nonprofit Embezzlement, 3/16/17
"ANACORTES is a sleepy little seaside town nestled among
the San Juan Islands. Way up in Puget Sound.
https://tinyurl.com/ycj8xchr



-- 
Marco McClean
memo at mcn.org
http://MemoOfTheAir.wordpress.com