SkyRidge Medical Center: Community Comments

“The merger of Cleveland Community Hospital and Bradley Memorial Hospital has benefitted the quality of healthcare in our community in a number of ways. It has brought together the national resources of Community Health Systems with the local trust that the community had in an entity that had served the county over 50 years. It also has allowed a single focus to develop where all hospital healthcare resources are pointed in the same direction. Finally it has allowed for visioning for the future with confidence, knowing there are resources to provide for new advances in technology.”

-- Dr. Ed McIntire
    Urology

“The merger of the two local hospitals was the best thing to happen to Cleveland, Bradley County and the surrounding area.  It wasn’t easy but with much dedication and hard work the two organizations have come together with this dedication and hard work to form a top-notch health care facility.
 
The out-migration of people to Chattanooga, and even Knoxville, was unbelievable.  People thinking care in other larger cities was better than care here in at SkyRidge.  SkyRidge's administration, employees and board have worked very hard to let people know and understand the quality of care SkyRidge gives to each patient.  We are seeing the effect of this hard work.
 
The community of Cleveland and Bradley County can now put faces with the name SkyRidge due to their quality healthcare and their involvement in the community.”

--  Nancy Casson
    Business Owner
    Former Board Member Bradley Memorial Hospital
    Current Board Member

“I feel from public comments that combining the two facilities has enabled the public and health care providers to focus on a single campus rather than two. The new Skyridge addition has tremendously improved health care both from the facility standpoint and level of professional care.”

-- Tom Rowland
    Mayor City of Cleveland