Voters to decide on hospital tax renewal | State

Vickie Gutierrez, administrator and chief nurse executive at Trigg, said examples of equipment purchased with the sales tax are a new ultrasound machine, a new bone-density scanner and a new cardiac/telemetry monitoring system.

Gutierrez said county voters first approved the tax in 1987 and that renewing it will not raise tax rates.

“Across the country, rural hospitals are experiencing many challenges,” she stated in an email. “At Dr. Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital, we want to stay viable and continue to provide the care that our community needs — from our emergency department to services like primary care, home health, hospice, lab, radiology, therapy services, pulmonary rehabilitation and our new speech therapy program.”

Five years ago, about 80% of county voters approved the continuance of the sales tax.

“Our community has voted to support hospital and clinic services since 1987,” Gutierrez stated.