CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The members of the county judge's ER Residency Committee met again Thursday morning as they try to work on getting a long term agreement in place.
The committee was formed last year in order to keep the ER Program in our area after Christus Spohn had said it was going to be shutdown.
Last December, The Nueces County Hospital District and Christus Spohn Health Systems finalized a $21 million dollar agreement to keep the program running for the next six years.
But county commissioner Brent Chesney is worried that Spohn will try and cancel the program again.
"We want this to be in perpetuity and so it's important to get back on it and get it cranked back up. Hopefully, Spohn will come to the table and we can have a discussion," said Chesney.
"We need our partner Spohn to give us a firm commitment, although we do have a short term commitment, we need a long term commitment and we need them to come to the table," said Nueces County Commissioner John Marez.
The committee is hoping to avoid the program being thrown into chaos by coming up with a more permanent agreement.
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