WINNSBORO – The 800-pound gorilla in the room, also known as Fairfield Memorial Hospital’s mounting financial losses, has for months begged the question – ‘How is FMH going to keep its doors open until the new emergency services facility becomes operational?’ Month after month, the hospital has tried to stop the bleeding – closing the […]
FMH asks Council for $4 M until end of 2018
March 1, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – It was the request County Council members had been expecting from Fairfield Memorial Hospital (FMH) for almost a month – $4,000,801 to keep the hospital open until Dec. 31, 2018. During Council meeting Monday evening, the hospital’s Chief Financial Officer, Tim Mitchell, broke the numbers down this way. “Included in that number is […]
FMH asking Council for almost $4 million tonight
February 26, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – Tonight, the Fairfield Memorial Hospital (FMH) CEO is expected to appear before Fairfield County Council to request almost $4 million to cover the hospital’s operating expenses through Dec. 31, 2018, sources have told The Voice. That request includes a little more than $2.7 million for operating expenses for the hospital and another $1+ million, which is the amount […]
Providence, County break ground for ER
February 22, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – Ground was broken Feb. 15 for the new Providence Health-Fairfield Emergency Room that will be located on the corner across from BI-Lo Shopping Center at 1810 US Highway 321 Bypass in Winnsboro. Approximately 100 county, town, health care and community officials attended the ceremony and gathered to watch the first dig marking the […]
Seeing Red
February 8, 2018 By
Suzie Doscher, CEO of Fairfield Memorial Hospital, front row, second from left, was joined last Friday by FMH Board members, hospital employees, friends and former patients of the hospital for the annual Go Red! for Women Day. The program, held in the hospital’s conference room, included information about the unique aspects of heart disease in […]
FMH finances still sliding; New FMH fund request may be near
January 25, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – A presentation of Fairfield Memorial Hospital’s increasingly difficult financial situation during recent Board meetings indicates that the Board may be inching closer to having to ask County Council for a new infusion of funds. So far, a funding request has not been discussed in public meetings. Sources say a funding request could come […]
FMH finances still sliding; Douglas proposes new use for building
January 25, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – For the first time since the demise of the hospital was anticipated, the Fairfield Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees is entertaining a proposal with the potential to bring a new purpose and mission to the facility. State Rep. MaryGail Douglas, District 41, which includes Chester, Fairfield and parts of Richland County, presented her […]
FMH funds dwindling
December 7, 2017 By
WINNSBORO – Even as Fairfield Memorial Hospital sheds departments and services in the hope of remaining afloat, the Board of Trustees continued to grapple with the reality of its cash shortages during the Nov. 27 Finance and Audit Committee meeting. “The overriding theme here is that while we made some hard decisions the last meeting, […]
Notice: Blue Granite Medical Center Closing
December 7, 2017 By
Blue Granite Medical Center located at 102 US Hwy. 321 By-Pass North, Winnsboro, SC and within Fairfield Memorial Hospital will discontinue medical services for patients effective December 16, 2017.
FMH closes Blue Granite Center, home health and cardiac rehab
November 16, 2017 By
WINNSBORO − The tipping point for Blue Granite Medical Center and for Caring Neighbors, Fairfield Memorial Hospital’s home health business, may have occurred during the Finance and Audit Committee meeting Halloween night. Agenda items that evening included profitability reports, Blue Granite Medical Center and Home Health, but FMH Board of Trustees Chair Catherine Fantry requested […]
