Opinion: Regional One’s billion-dollar modernization is ‘flawed vision for Memphis’
A Shelby County ambulance stands outside Regional One Health on Oct. 2, 2024. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Dr. Jeff Warren
Dr. Jeff Warren has represented Super District 9-3 on the Memphis City Council since 2019, who previously served on the Memphis City Schools Board of Education. He is a family medicine physician.
“The assumption that services like trauma care, obstetrics and burn treatment cannot be relocated or integrated into other campuses is misleading. ... The real barrier isn’t logistics — it’s turf protection.”
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