Senatara and Bon Secours work together for one major hospital facility

Greetings neighbors! In an excellent display of cooperation in health care, Sentara and Bon Secours are working together to create a single major hospital in Southern Virginia Beach. The details are spelled in the following email from Sentara:

Good afternoon to each of you. Hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful.

As important participants in our efforts to build the new Sentara Princess Anne Hospital and the outpatient campus at Sentara Bayside, Steve Porter has asked that I relay the following information to you.

We are excited to announce that Bon Secours Virginia and Sentara Healthcare have reached an agreement to collaborate on developing a joint ventured Sentara Princess Anne Hospital and the hospital related services on our two outpatient campuses in southern Virginia Beach.

The agreement calls for a 200-bed Sentara Princess Anne Hospital using 158 beds relocated from Sentara Bayside Hospitals as planned, and a 42 beds from Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center in Norfolk. You may recall that the Virginia Department of Health approved 120 beds for Sentara Princess Anne Hospital and denied Bon Secours' request for a 90-bed hospital on their campus at South Plaza Trail.

The two parties believe a single larger facility would meet community need and allow both not-for-profit systems to enhance healthcare services more promptly and cost-effectively than if they continued on separate paths.

All this still needs approval from the Virginia Department of Health as it represents a revision of Sentara's Certificate of Public Need for Princess Anne Hospital, but both companies are hopeful the Commissioner will see the community benefit in this proposal and the community will support their collaboration on this project at Princess Anne.

Thanks to each of you for your efforts to help us meet the healthcare needs of the community and for your continued support. Please feel free to e-mail or call me should you have questions.

Best regards

Sandy

I believe this speaks volumes about the type of health care we can expect from these two organizations when they can come together to create a joint solution to the most pressing issue of the future.

Expect more details in the coming months.

chowdy!!!