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JUN 8 1983 CERTIFICATE OF NEED - INDIAN RIVER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL John Hoyt, Executive Director of Indian River Memorial Hospital, believed that the letter he sent to each Commis- sioner, is quite self-explanatory, and stated that the Hospital would appreciate letters of support either individually or collectively from the Commission. Said letter is as follows: Mr. William Wodtke County Administration Bldg. 1840 25th Street Vero Beach, Florida 32960 REF: LETTER 1 11 Dear Mr ` Gdtke : ENDORSEMENT FOR CE /radion River /Memorial Hospital 1000 36th Street * 305-567-4311 Vero Beach, Florida 32960 Executive Director D1STRl PI3029T Commissioners Administrator Attorney Personnel Public Works Community Dev. Utilities — Finance - Other CATE OF NEED APPLICATION As we are sure you are aware, the Hospital is currently working on implementing the major portions of its Long Range Plan which includes expansion of the Hospital's bed complement; major additions and renovations to ancillary and support service spaces of the Emergency Room, Operating Rooms, Radiology, Laboratory, Pharmacy, Dietary and Physical and Occupational Therapy, etc., and a Community Resource Center. These additions and expansions will provide for our community's future health care needs well through this decade. Our community continues to grow, and the Hospital has operated for periods of time at full capacity. The current construction project, which will add 53 beds to the 5th floor of the Hospital, will only temporarily relieve the need for additional in-patient beds, while not addressing the overburdened ancillary and support services at -all. These needs are particularly critical at this time, and so we have somewhat accelerated our implementation of the Long Range Plan to reflect that. The State of Florida requires the Hospital to submit an Applica- tion for permission to build facilities such as those described above, and one of the key items to the approval of Applications, such as the one which we will submit, is the support demonstrated in the Application by members of our community such as yourself. We are, therefore, requesting that you take a few moments to provide us with a letter of support for the Hospital's objective of commitment to continuing to meet the health care needs of our community through physical and organizational changes, including the additions described above. 2 l—J