The Hi-Desert Medical Center Board meets tonight. Reporter Mike Lipsitz says purchase of mammography equipment and a vacancy on the board are among items on the agenda…
A decision at tonight’s regular meeting of the Hi-Desert Medical Center Board of Directors is likely to benefit women all across the Basin. That’s because directors are expected to authorize purchase of a half million dollar digital mammography unit that will put the Medical Center on par with any lower desert facility as far as use if the most technologically advanced equipment for detecting breast cancers. Also tonight, directors are expected to approve the process for appointing someone fill the vacancy left by the resignation of longtime board member Paul Hoffman. Interviews for the position are expected to begin March 11; the new director will be names by the end of March. Tonight’s meeting begins at 6 p.m. in the Helen Gray Education Center.
