The Whidbey Island Public Hospital District is looking for a new commissioner to replace the departing Nancy Fey, and a new WhidbeyHealth CEO.
Ron Telles
The Public Hospital District’s board of commissioners fired WhidbeyHealth CEO Ron Telles amid staff turmoil and the hospital’s financial difficulties.
The Whidbey News-Times published an editorial criticizing the inaction of the Hospital District’s board of commissioners.
The three hospital administrators who were the target of a “no-confidence” vote still have their jobs, but four other members of the executive team do not.
Medical staff for the Whidbey Island Hospital District held a vote of no confidence in CEO Ronald Telles and two other members of the administration last week.
Island County Public Hospital District No. 1, better known as WhidbeyHealth, is proposing an increase in their levy rate from $0.078 to $0.50 per $1,000 of assessed value. The proposition will appear on the ballot in this November’s election. The district, which has struggled financially particularly since the beginning of...