By LISA CAPOBIANCO STAFF WRITER People from all walks of life spoke recently at Bristol Hospital before health care officials as the hospital currently undergoes the process for a potential merger with Tenet Healthcare Corporation and Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation. During a public hearing held earlier this month, most members of the community who voiced their opinion supported the sale of Bristol Hospital and Health Care Group, Inc. to become a for-profit institution. Tom LaPorte, a hospice volunteer, said last month he visited a friend and close relative who happened to be Bristol Hospital patients at the same time. While spending time visiting with them, LaPorte said he spoke with some hospital employees their thoughts about the potential merger with Tenet and Yale. “To a person, they were all extremely enthusiastic about it,” said LaPorte, who also supported the potential merge. “They felt that this was a golden opportunity to have new equipment, new techniques, it would improve their ability to do a better job.” Bristol resident Cathryn Addy, a former member of the hospital’s Board of Directors for nine years, said she is in favor of the proposed sale of Bristol Hospital, and hopes it moves forward. [...]
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