The authority that owns and funds Grady Memorial Hospital has spent $350,000 and counting fending off an increasingly testy lawsuit from its former board chair, who alleges she was ousted in an illegal meeting.
Tag: Grady Memorial Hospital
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Grady Memorial Hospital makes its debut in City Hall campaigns
Grady Memorial Hospital made its debut Tuesday in the campaign for seats at Atlanta City Hall. Every member of the Atlanta City Council signed a proclamation commending Grady for its 125 years of service.
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Grady Memorial Hospital wins top award for treating stroke
Grady Memorial Hospital’s comprehensive treatment of stroke has earned Grady a top award issued jointly by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association.
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Commentary: Rescuing Grady Hospital a life-saving choice
Ten years ago, Atlanta’s Grady Hospital was facing insolvency. A group of business and civic leaders stepped in, raising hundreds of millions of dollars, to transform the aging hospital into providing best-in-class healthcare for the uninsured and underinsured.
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New CEO begins tenure at Emory Healthcare, which also serves Grady, Children’s hospitals
Dr. Jonathan Lewin, a radiologist with extensive connections in the realm of academic research, has started his tenure as the chief executive of Emory Healthcare, the largest healthcare system in Georgia.
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Shaping Downtown by Kelly Jordan
This week’s theme: Shaping Downtown
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Ryan’s Run shines for shelter, son and suicide prevention
Raised by parents who started Central Night Shelter as volunteers, Ryan Bashor met men who coped with personal darkness, such as mental illness. Some carried secrets from their families; they feared the stigma. Ryan started working at the shelter in high school because he enjoyed helping people too.
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It’s a small world after all for an Emory physician and a Grady Hospital Medical Director
A former medical director of Georgia’s largest hospital shares a connection with one of the hospital’s well-known physicians
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Fulton County tax case moves to Cobb County, along with potential statewide impact on local taxation
A Cobb County senior judge is slated to make at least the initial ruling in two lawsuits regarding the authority of Fulton County’s Board of Commissioners to set the tax rate higher than set by a state law enacted in 2013.
In an order signed Wednesday, Cobb County Senior Superior Court Judge Grant Brantley was assigned to hear the two related cases. The issues at stake speak to the authority of the state to set a cap on the tax rate that Fulton commissioners can set to fund county services.
Fulton County Chairman John Eaves describes the case as precedent setting. He says the taxing authority of all of Georgia’s 159 counties, and more than 500 municipalities, could eventually be subjected to the outcome of Fulton County’s cases.
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Lisa Borders’ Moment helping to integrate Westminster provided life and career lessons
Seventh grade can be an awkward time for any student, but for former Atlanta City Council President and current Grady Foundation President Lisa Borders, helping to integrate an independent private school in Atlanta made it especially challenging.
“What I learned is that I had the capacity not only be at that school, but to excel, and it taught me to deal with adverse circumstances, always,” Lisa said.
Posted inMoments, Moments Season 1
Evelyn Wynn-Dixon’s Moment was a vision others had for a life she’s living
As I watch Dr. Evelyn Wynn-Dixon glide into her stride, telling her life story, I try to brush away a nagging premonition that we might soon see her firing up a Monday night crowd at a national political convention – but then again, other people’s premonitions is how she ended up in the mayor’s chair of Riverdale, Georgia.
Evelyn was driven to find a way out of her situation for both her and her children and serves now as an inspiration to her seven grandchildren and others who meet her.
