IF HOSPITAL MERGER IS SO GOOD, WHY ARE PEOPLE WORRIED?(EDITORIAL)

From: The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC) | Date: October 13, 1996 | Copyright information

The hospital merger reporting was certainly well done and reflected a great deal of work by many individuals. It seems like it is the way to go in Greensboro.

However, as one of our peers said, "If this thing is so good, why do I feel sick on my stomach about it?" I have a feeling that many more peers and patients would echo the same sentiments. Tender memories fade slowly. Although Wesley Long will still be there, many feel it won't be the same and that is true. Families have been made well at that institution; some have died. But all remember the innumerable courtesies that ...

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