• spend $60 million over the next decade in capital improvements to the hospital;
• spend $15 million to recruit new physicians;
• contribute $500,000 to the Clinton County YMCA, $500,000 to Clinton County’s economic development department, and $200,000 in services to uninsured prisoners at Clinton County’s jail.
The commissioners had received four other bids, including one from Kettering Health Network, whose bid was in partnership with for-profit Health Management Associates Inc. of Florida.
An affiliation wasn’t feasible, and Curry said the question became, “Did we want a county hospital or a hospital in the county?”
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