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AV Hospital continues community town hall meetings

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LANCASTER – Local residents are invited to attend Antelope Valley Hospital’s (AV Hospital) upcoming town hall meetings to learn more about future plans for the hospital. Chief Executive Officer Edward Mirzabegian will give a brief presentation and answer questions from attendees. The town halls will take place at the hospital’s Community Resource Center – Auditorium on the following dates.

  • Tuesday, Feb. 18 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
  • Monday, Feb. 24 from 5 – 6:30 p.m.
  • Monday, March 2 from 5 – 6:30 p.m.

AV Hospital is aiming to build a new state-of-the-art medical center. California Assembly Bill 2190 requires healthcare facilities to demolish, replace, or retrofit hospital buildings that do not meet seismic safety regulations and standards. AV Hospital, built in 1955, does not meet those standards.

“We are excited to offer these opportunities for the public to learn more about Antelope Valley Hospital’s plans for growth,” Mirzabegian said. “We have treated millions of patients over the years and we look forward to treating many more for generations to come.”

The Antelope Valley Healthcare District Board of Directors recently approved a resolution to ask voters for up to $350 million to help finance the new hospital. That initiative will appear on the March 3 ballot. All costs exceeding this amount will be financed privately and all public spending will be governed by strict audit and oversight provisions.

“Antelope Valley Hospital’s emergency department serves more than 130,000 patients a year, and that number continues to increase. We are also the only trauma center in the region,” Mirzabegian continued. “A new AV Hospital will have more capacity in the emergency department to meet the needs of our growing community.”

The town hall meetings are free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. More information regarding future plans for AV Hospital can be found at new.avhospital.org.

[Information via news release from Antelope Valley Hospital.]

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7 comments for "AV Hospital continues community town hall meetings"

  1. The hospital owes 150 million now. Measure AV is for 350million. Then, they are to float a 300 million private bond. That’s 800 million and counting. I asked the CEO who is going to pay back 600 million (the two bonds)? The government. I replied, “we are the government.”

  2. The biggest mistake was taking the hospital out from under the county and letting Rex and the Lancaster political machine get their fingers in the pie.

    No way can Rex and that group be trusted with that much money. I vote no.

  3. Don’t be fooled! Vote NO! The cost will easily exceed $350 million, and go as high as $750 million.

  4. More taxes, more taxes.they have failed to manage the hospital at AVH and want the taxpayers bail them out. Add up the payouts to all the past CEO’s and you can see the problem, it’s the elected board. Palmdale Regional is doing the job without the taxpayers handout. Lancaster City is putting up nothing and pushing to get the $

    • Exactly, Free Ride.

      In the last 30 years, how many CEOs got their contracts bought out early? Since there aren’t many hospital CEOs jobs in any one town, they move somewhere else and collect a new paycheck while they have the buyout money. It’s double-dipping.

      Plus, Antelope Valley Hospital fought the building of Palmdale Regional Medical Center which shows their commintment to the health care of the Antelope Valley.

      No thank you. I voted NO.