JPS heads to face county commissioners

A showdown is coming.

Tarrant County Commissioners have asked JPS board members and officials to appear at their next county court meeting on Tuesday to address questions raised by a Star-Telegram series running this week on the public hospital district.

“We are concerned there from a commissioner’s court standpoint about what we read about conditions and about things that are going on at John Peter Smith,” County Judge Glen Whitley said while speaking at a Republican Forum lunch at the Petroleum Club in downtown Fort Worth Thursday.

While he recognized that problems must be addressed, Whitley also took time to praise JPS’ staff for continuing to provide quality care for its patients.

"I have left very explicit instructions with my wife that if ever in an accident where I need a trauma department, JPS is the hospital of choice," Whitley said. "It is the place to go for care and I believe that as much today as I did six months ago or a year ago."

UPDATE: Some JPS representatives are out of town so the meeting with county commissioners has been postponed.

-Aman Batheja

Comments

[Dan]

Oh no, this gang has been called to the principal's office. Suspend them all, send them to an alternative school called JPS so they can get a dose of what is, due in large part to their poor performance. Failing grades all around, time for a reality check.