by Jackie Nunnery
LANCASTER—“The hospital is important not only to the medical health of this community, but it’s important to the economic health of this community,” Jimmie Carter told Lancaster supervisors last week.
“This hospital is not in jeopardy of closing. Bon Secours has made it clear that this hospital is here to stay,” said Carter, a member of the Bon Secours Richmond Health System board of directors.
During a presentation to the board on Thursday, October 30, Bessie Brown, vice president of nursing and hospital administrator at Bon Secours Rappahannock General Hospital (RGH), also outlined services offered at the hospital. In addition to inpatient medical, surgical and behavioral health, the hospital offers inpatient hospice and a sleep lab.
Brown said she is especially proud of the swing bed program that allows patients to recover closer to home after receiving acute care in Richmond. “It’s very hard to have your family member in the Richmond area and go back and forth….
