Emergency Surgery

Published Feb. 18, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.
Could splitting responsibility for the Med and the Memphis City Schools be the answer to both funding crises?...by Mary Cashiola...Here's an interesting prescription, er, proposition. Last week, the City Council voted to postpone allocating a much needed $2 million to the Regional Medical Center. Instead of the emergency infusion, some council members saw an opportunity for what could only be called an experimental treatment. "What we've been talking about is switching the responsibility," said council member Shea Flinn. "If the city were to assume the responsibility for the Med, the county would be willing to assume the $50 million…


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