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HCA Proposes Building A Hospital on Route 50

Reversal Could End Fight With Inova

Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009

In a startling reversal, the Hospital Corporation of America announced a proposal Wednesday to build a hospital on Route 50 in Loudoun County, apparently signaling the end of a long struggle with rival Inova Health System over its future in the growing area. Read story and 1 comment »

Boy Nearly Drowns At Lansdowne Conference Center

Thursday, July 23, 2009

A 6-year-old attending a day camp at the Lansdowne National Conference Center was in critical condition after nearly drowning while participating in the camp's pool activities. Read story »

One Man Dies From Brambleton Crash Injuries

Thursday, July 23, 2009

One of the passengers who was injured in the crash near Brambleton on Monday afternoon died Wednesday afternoon due to the injuries he sustained during the crash. Read story and 24 comments »

Construction Accident Sends Seven to Hospital

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Seven workers were injured this afternoon from a construction accident at Wegmans in The Village at Leesburg. Read story »

HCA Sues to Overturn Broadlands Vote

Hospital Fight Returns to Court

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

HCA Virginia has sued the Loudoun Board of Supervisors for denying its application to build a 164-bed hospital in Broadlands, saying that the board’s vote was “arbitrary, unreasonable, capricious and illegal” because the state health commissioner already had approved the hospital’s location. Read story and 5 comments »

Remembering When a House Call Cost $5

Sunday, March 1, 2009

The recent debate over building a hospital in Broadlands made me think back to previous incarnations of Inova Loudoun Hospital. I decided to have a talk with Earl Edward Virts Jr., one of 10 physicians who staffed Loudoun Hospital in the late 1950s and early '60s. Read story »

Board Won't Revisit Broadlands Hospital

Inova Moves Ahead With Route 50 Plan

Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009

The Loudoun Board of Supervisors has laid to rest seven years of debate over a proposed 164-bed hospital in Broadlands, voting 5 to 4 against a motion to reconsider its Feb. 3 rejection of the project. Read story and 17 comments »

Crash in Broadlands Kills Driver, Passenger in Critical Condition

Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009

Early Tuesday morning a single-vehicle crash near Broadlands took the life of an Ashburn man and left the passenger in critical condition. Read story and 6 comments »

Loudoun News Briefs

Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009

News briefs in Loudoun County. Read story and 1 comment »

FTC Offers to Provide Input on Hospital, Board Asked to Reconsider Vote

Friday, Feb. 13, 2009

Supervisor Stevens Miller (D-Dulles) said yesterday that he will ask his colleagues at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting to reconsider their vote rejecting the 164-bed Broadlands hospital and to postpone a final decision for another two months so the Federal Trade Commission can provide input. Read story and 30 comments »

Letter to the Editor: Let the FTC Weigh In On Broadlands Project

Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009

We are very concerned that the Board of Supervisors’ denial of Broadlands Regional Medical Center will have a detrimental effect on health-care services in Loudoun County for years to come. Read story »

Is Another Hospital Hopeless in Loudoun?

Board's Rejection Raises Questions

Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009

In the aftermath of last week's close vote by Loudoun County supervisors to reject a proposed 164-bed hospital in Broadlands, Loudoun officials have started debating whether the vote effectively killed the county's chances of getting a second hospital in the foreseeable future. Read story and 31 comments »

Inova Competitor Loses Battle to Build Hospital

Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009

The Loudoun Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to reject a proposal by HCA Virginia for a second hospital in Loudoun, capping more than five years of debate and an intense campaign by Inova Heath System to thwart its competitor. Read story and 50 comments »

Letter to the Editor: Don't Deny Residents A Hospital They Need

Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009

Thanks for all the coverage of the proposed Broadlands Regional Medical Center. This is an important issue to the people of Loudoun County. We need access to medical care. For this reason, I and others have formed the group Sterling Area Residents for BRMC. Read story »

Column: A Last Shot at Hospital Competition

Friday, Jan. 30, 2009

Now, after months of intense lobbying by both sides of the hospital debate, a sharply divided Board of Supervisors looks like it may be prepared to send HCA packing once again. Read story and 6 comments »

Inova Not Giving Up Fight Against Plan for Competing Hospital

Friday, Jan. 30, 2009

To call Inova Health System's campaign against plans for a competing hospital in Loudoun County aggressive — or even fierce, as some political leaders have — seems somewhat of an understatement. Read story and 21 comments »

Letter to the Editor: Broadlands, Not Route 50, Is Best Site for Hospital

Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009

As long-standing, active members of the Route 50 community, we feel the need to add some perspective to the debate over HCA's application to build a hospital in Broadlands, which is not that far from us here on Route 50. Read story »

Letter to the Editor: Time to Approve Hospital And Call Inova's Bluff

Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009

Let me see if I understand this. Hugely profitable nonprofit Inova has done everything in its power to keep Broadlands Regional Medical Center from being built in Ashburn. Read story »

Letter to the Editor: Inova Shows True Colors With Its Scare Tactics

Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009

I find the advertisements and four-color mailing brochures by Inova to be appalling. Read story and 1 comment »

Final Hospital Vote Set for Feb. 3

Supervisors Eager to Conclude Debate

Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009

Loudoun County supervisors voted Wednesday to make a decision Feb. 3 on a proposed 164-bed hospital in Broadlands, with several saying they were eager to have the issue finally settled. Read story and 7 comments »

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