Published: June 14, 2007 03:07 pm      

Doctors leaving Trinity?

The Daily Sun has learned that six current Trinity Clinic physicians are in talks with Navarro Regional Hospital about leaving the clinic and joining the hospital.

Trinity Mother Frances Hospital, operators of Trinity Clinic in Corsicana, have been tight-lipped about stories circulating in the community concerning changes said to be coming to the facility.

Daily Sun staffers have fielded several calls this week from concerned patients and residents, with speculation about doctors leaving the facility the main concern voiced. One patient said he was told by his physician at Trinity that changes taking place included maintaining only a number of primary care physicians and a cardiology practice at the Corsicana facility.

Fred Woody, CEO of Navarro Regional Hospital, said his facility is in talks with a number of current Trinity Clinic physicians about them moving across the parking lot to the hospital.

“We recently have been talking with two other doctors from Trinity (about joining the hospital) and just within the last 10 days, four more physicians from Trinity have approached us,” Woody added. He declined to identify those physicians as talks are still underway with them.

In 2006, three other Trinity Clinic physicians left the clinic to join the hospital. Dr. Matthew Branch, Dr. Oswald Binford and Dr. Ronald Rodriquez are all former Trinity Clinic physicians now affiliated with Navarro Regional.

“We don’t comment on any matters involving personnel. It’s just a policy issue,” Trinity Mother Frances spokesman John Moore told the Daily Sun Thursday, adding, “I’m not aware of any changes planned.”

Advised of the concerns expressed to the Daily Sun, Moore said “If people choose to seek comfort from the media, that’s certainly their prerogative.”

For more on this story, see the online and print editions of Friday's Corsicana Daily Sun.