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9/20/83 Page -5- ambulances but in his considered medical judgment felt that it would be inappropriate. Councilmembers also had a copy of a letter from the Louisville Fire Protection District which had been solicited by the Boulder Com- munity Hospital and Dr. Alexrod as stated in the letter they would not bring patients to his facility they would also not bring patients to any facility that did not have in-patient capability, which meant a hospital. Dr. Alexrod advised that he was also physician advisor for the Broomfield ambulance and they don't accept ambulances there either for a medical judgement reason - the argument of load and go versus load and stabilizing and go. This is the same argument about adverting emergency care. The reason his sign was covered was not a question of certification but that it said emergency care. Did not want to mis- lead patients, although they handle emergencies when they do occur, this is not what they solicit. The sign has been uncovered and reads Minor Emergency Care. Speaking to Community Hospital hours he stated they keep repeating 24 hour care, but their application is 7:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. coverage, half the time covered by a nurse practioner, not a physician. The application also showed that the operation would be for a 16 hour period for 3 years. The Louisville Medical Center has been open from 8:00 A.M. - 8:00 P.M., seven days a week since they opened and this covers the great majority of the need. They had contacted Community Hospital over a year ago at which time they toured their facility yet they did not mention this in their appli- cation for need. Dr. Axelrod stated that he was not duplicating services at an inflated cost. Boulder Community Hospital proposed to build a $450,000 facility with 2 beds. Louisville Medical Center has 6. Dr. Axelrod felt that Community Hospital was denied based on the merits of their application, not on the need. Dr. Axelrod felt that the Louisville Medical center was filling this need - 50% of the pop- ulation had used their facilities~ 88% said that the cost was resonable, and 92% said they would use Louisville Medical Center again. The response they had~used emergency facility in the prior year 49% used Louisville Medical Center, only 35% used Boulder Community Hospi- tal, 11% St. Anthonty's, 5% Boulder Memorial, 5% Valley View. Stated if the council feels