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The Main Points:
- The Hospital Board wanted to recruit more physicians.
- The Hospital Board had not been successful.
- The Hospital Board was convinced Marian could recruit physicians.
- Marian would not recruit unless Marian controlled the clinic.
- Dr. Harvey was opposed to outside control of the clinic.
- Dr. Harvey could not work on-call 24/7 for weeks at a time.
- The Hospital Board used the on-call impasse to evict Dr. Harvey and force him out of the clinic, then out of town.
- Marian gains control of the Hawarden Medical Clinic and spends two years trying to find physicians.
- Dr. Harvey, after a 9 month hiatus to Ireton, returns to open Hawarden Family Medical Center, the only independent, patient-first medical clinic north of Sioux City.
- Marian and the Hospital require over $200,000 per year to maintain a clinic that was profitable before Marian took it over.
- The people of Hawarden have a choice in the type of medical care, as well as the provider they want.
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