“Decision Day” at Oconee Medical Center

The board of directors at Oconee Memorial Center, during a noon hour meeting today, is expected to take a decision that’ll have far-reaching consequences for local hospital care. And that decision, if approved, will place OMC under the control of Greenville Health System—a larger hospital care system. Some critics of the agreement decry the loss of a community-based hospital, but supporters say in this era of smaller patient volumes and decreased reimbursements, the GHS affiliation is the best route to ensure there continues to be a hospital in Oconee County.