Inova Press Release

For Immediate Release
Che Parker
June 19, 2008
703-321-2559

Inova Loudoun Hospital Supports Concerned Citizens of Broadlands

Leesburg, VA -- Concerned Citizens of Broadlands, a community organization opposing the proposed upzoning of their residential neighborhood by Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), has received a supporting donation of $20,000 from Inova Loudoun Hospital.

"Inova Loudoun Hospital opposes HCA's proposed hospital in Broadlands because it undermines the County's Comprehensive Plan of broad geographic access for all citizens to health care services," said Chief Operating Officer Susan Carroll.

"Our concerns are aligned with the majority of citizens in the established Broadlands neighborhoods who have fought HCA for years to stop the upzoning of their community. Unfortunately, HCA continues to ignore both the wishes of those citizens and the intent of the Comprehensive Plan and even sued the County seeking to overturn a previous denial of its upzoning proposal.

"When the Concerned Citizens of Broadlands asked us for support, we were happy to help. It is unfortunate that a goliath like HCA, a Tennessee-based for-profit company owned by Wall Street investors, forces ordinary citizens into a costly defense of their homes through unrelenting pursuit of an unwelcomed upzoning that ultimately harms the long-term County Plan for healthcare for all Loudoun citizens."

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