Political Insider
Stitching together a trauma care network in rural Georgia
Earlier this morning, we told you that Gov. Nathan Deal would include in today's budget proposal more than $12 million for life flights in southwest Georgia, where several hospitals have closed.
Apparently, the program would be a Georgia Public Safety department partnership with 14 counties, according to these advance details obtained by WALB-TV in Albany:
The plan will require the surrounding counties to build an estimated $800,000 hangar capable of housing emergency staff and offices.
Counties will also be required to provide five flight nurses.
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Jim Galloway, the newspaper’s former political columnist, was a writer and editor at the AJC for four decades.
