Kenai Borough mayor opposes hospital audit
by The Associated Press
Nov 11, 2009 | 1181 views | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend | print
KENAI, Alaska - The mayor of the Kenai Peninsula Borough and several assembly members are opposed to an audit of operations at Central Peninsula Hospital that would have looked at a fatal shooting there last year.

Last month, the Central Kenai Peninsula Hospital Service Area Board sent a letter to the mayor and the assembly advising them to launch an investigation into hospital management.

The audit would have looked into a variety of management issues, and would have included an investigation into the November 2008 shooting.

But Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Dave Carey says the audit is outside his staff's purview, a redundant expense and could be insensitive to those affected by the shooting.

Service Area Board Chair Neal DuPerron says the mayor's decision was unexpected and disappointing.

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