Each group's president serves as a voting member of the board. That is the prime reason why we are searching for a merger partner. As the community grows, its demand for appropriate health care services which can effectively respond to that growth is very challenged. In certain services, yes. In other services, no.
Emergency care is very much a prioritization.
We absolutely need to expand the size of our emergency department. For example, we operate a trauma center. A lot of other community hospitals that began a trauma program ended up closing them because of the financial strain. There is a very stringent set of criteria that a hospital, in order to be designated as a Level-2 trauma center, must meet all the time, without exception. We have almost every type of health-care professional represented here.