The Hospital Fight Comes to a Head: One of Loudoun County’s most contentious issues in decades brought out posters, protesters and hundreds of residents for hearings on plans for a new hospital. The HCA Virginia proposal for a 164-bed hospital in Broadlands faced opposition from neighbors and nearby Inova Loudoun Hospital. The Planning Commission voted 5 to 4 in favor of the proposal, and the Board of Supervisors has until May to make its decision.

Hundreds of residents showed up at a joint session of the Board of Supervisors and the Planning Commission Thursday night to share their views on the proposed 164-bed hospital in Broadlands.

Shenandoah University (SU)and Inova Health System presidents signed an collaborative affiliation agreement yesterday, Oct. 29, in support of nursing education at a formal signing ceremony at the university’s Northern Virginia Campus in Leesburg, Va. On hand at the formal signing ceremony were (left to right): Virginia State Senator Mark R. Herring, Virginia 33rd District; Nursing Professor and Director of SU’s Division of Nursing Kathryn Ganske, Ph.D.; SU President Tracy Fitzsimmons, Ph.D.; Inova Health System President Knox Singleton; Inova Loudoun Hospital Chief Nurse Executive Lisa Dugan; and U.S. State Representative Frank R. Wolf, Virginia 10th District.