WellStar Hospital Board Fires CEO and Terminates VP and Executive Counsel–Georgia

Saturday, 04 September 2010 01:06 |

This is a non profit group of 5 hospitals, clinics, outpatient centers, etc. As mentioned the VP was removed a couple days prior and the board unanimously fired the CEO a day or so afterwards and there’s not much else available as far as information right now.

In other related WellStar news, they are building a new hospital to replace an old facility that was built tin the 60s. BD

WellStar Health System’s president and CEO Gregory Simone was fired by the system’s board on Thursday.

Board chairman and Marietta attorney Randall Bentley said the decision was a personnel matter and provided no information on the reason for Simone’s termination, which is effective immediately.

Earlier this week Bonnie Wilson, WellStar’s executive vice president and general counsel, received notice that her contract would not be renewed.

Bentley did not say if the terminations were related.