97-020 RESOLUTION NO. 97-20
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE
COLUMBIA AVENTURA HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL
CENTER'S CERTIFICATE OF NEED APPLICATION AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF AN OPEN HEART SURGERY
SERVICES PROGRAM; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, Columbia Aventura Hospital and Medical Center, located in the City
of Aventura, has for many years continually provided high quality health services to the
residents of our City and neighboring communities; and
WHEREAS, the City's year-round population of approximately 20,000 residents
increases to over 40,000 people seasonally during each year and the Hospital's total
service area population of over 500,000 is projected to increase by more than 3 percent
annually through the year 2000; and
WHEREAS, the Hospital, with 407 acute care beds, provides community
residents with a broad range of high quality medical services through approximately
800 medical staff physicians, 1,200 employees and 250 volunteers, which array of
inpatient and outpatient services include emergency services, ambulatory and inpatient
general and specialty surgery services, intensive care, diagnostic testing, laboratory
services, obstetrics, pediatric services, oncology, psychiatric services, home health
care services, and many others; and
WHEREAS, the City has a large population of senior citizens to which the
Hospital has demonstrated its commitment through its sophisticated cardiology
services, including prevention programs, cardiopulmonary services, cardiac
catheterization laboratory, coronary care unit, and cardiac rehabilitation programs; and
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WHEREAS, the Hospital facilitated approximately 375 patient transfers during
1996 to hospitals with open heart surgery programs, and the nearest providers of open
heart surgery services within Health Planning District 11 are fifteen to twenty miles
away; and
WHEREAS, the transfer of open heart surgery patients away from our
community hospital often creates travel barriers to family visitation, increases patient
anxiety, and adversely effects continuity of care due to the inability of physicians within
our community to follow their patients; and,
WHEREAS, our residents are in need of local open heart and cardiovascular
surgery services, and Columbia Aventura Hospital and Medical Center is seeking
certificate of need approval from the State of Florida Agency For Health Care
Administration to initiate such services.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, THAT:
Section 1. This City Council strongly supports and advocates approval of the
certificate of need application and implementation of an open heart surgery services
program at Aventura's sole community hospital, Columbia Aventura Hospital and
Medical Center.
Section 2. This City Council urges the State of Florida Agency for Health Care
Administration to approve the certificate of need application filed by the Columbia
Aventura Hospital and Medical Center to initiate these services.
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Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its
adoption.
The foregoing Resolution was offered by Councilmember Ro ers=[~±be]~t: ,
who moved its adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilmember
Holzber~ , and upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Councilmember Jay R. Beskin yes
Councilmember Ken Cohen yes
Councilmember Harry Holzberg yes
Councilmember Jeffrey M. Perlow yes
Councilmember Patricia Rogers-Libert yes
Vice Mayor Arthur Berger absent:
Mayor Arthur I. Snyder yes
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 4th day of Mamh, 1997.
ARTHUR I. SN¥1~R, MAYOR
ATTEST: -
TERESA M. SMITH, CMC
CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
CITY ATTORNEY
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