Horry County, CMC discussing development agreement that would help clear way for Carolina Forest hospital Some residents in The Farm in the Carolina Forest community oppose a rezoning request that would help clear the way for Conway Medical Center to build a hospital near the community. (Source: MyHorryNews) By Charles D. Perry | February 3, 2021 at 5:50 AM EST - Updated February 3 at 5:50 AM
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Horry County leaders on Tuesday began hammering out the framework for a development agreement that could help clear the way for the construction of a hospital in Carolina Forest.
Although few details about the potential deal have been released, the intent of the proposal is to give Conway Medical Center the zoning change it needs to build a 50-bed hospital on International Drive. A draft of the contract would go to the planning commission for review before coming to county council in late spring or early summer.
conway is currently accepting patients. brian argo joins us, the chief financial officer on the telephone. we thank you for joining in. conway medical center not far from the myrtle beach area. how is this going so far? we are located 10 miles due west. we continue to see impact from writing and flooding here as well. what about patients coming in at a relatively high level and what do they deal with? seeing pretty large influence of patients in this vicinity, anything from folks needing oxygen to more exotic injuries to rain and falling debris, asking people to stay off the road as it is particularly heavy.
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military playing a role too, both the national guard and soldiers using high-water vehicles and helicopters to perform those rescues, the problem now is also electricity, several hundred thousand people without power, power crews are working around the clock to try and get that back up as quickly as possible be with all of the debris on the road and down power lines that s till a very dangerous job, back to you. eric: that it is, steve, thank you, arthel. arthel: and eric, hundreds of elderly people evacuated before the storm taking to the conway medical center in south carolina, the facility has a generator and weeks of food, let s see how it s holding up, joining me on the phone is brian argo, chief financial officer for conway medical center, mr. argo, first of all, thank you for taking time to talk to us, a lot of people want to know that the elderly residents are in good shape and if you could tell us how many people are at