More good news for Haywood County: A hospital reopens
Braden Health, a North Carolina-based for-profit company, recently acquired the Haywood County Community Hospital, and is in the process of renovating it. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Kyle Kopec (right), Braden Health’s chief compliance officer and director of government affairs, points out an X-ray machine from the 1960s that was still in use when Haywood County Community Hospital closed in 2014. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Braden Health’s Kyle Kopec (right) and Terry Stewart (left) show Haywood County Community Hospital CEO Michael Banks a “Pigg-O-Stat” machine they found while renovating the hospital. The machines were used to immobilize infants and young children before widespread use of anesthesia. It was still in use when the hospital closed its doors in 2014. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Kyle Kopec, Braden Health’s chief compliance officer and director of government affairs, shows Braden's plans to renovate and repair the Haywood County Community Hospital. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Haywood County Community Hospital CEO Michael Banks inspects a hospital bed while touring the facility on Tuesday, Nov. 9. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
An old family cemetery lies on the site of the Haywood County Community Hospital. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Brownsville’s hospital, closed since 2014, could have an economic ripple effect of nearly 700 jobs in the area and ease pressure on the local emergency medical services.
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Ian Round is The Daily Memphian’s state government reporter based in Nashville. He came to Tennessee from Maryland, where he reported on local politics for Baltimore Brew. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in December 2019.
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