Andrea L. Johnson
Mountain East Medical Center
(754) 324-9884
aljohnson@memc.com
For release after 7:40 a.m.
Thursday, Nov. 21
DEPARTMENT HEAD LEAVES
Due to recent tension between the board of directors and the
purchasing department, the department head of purchasing at Mountain East
Medical Center (MEMC) is resigning and will be replaced by the assistant head
of the department.
Bob Wilkinson, current department head,
has chosen to resign after disputes involving cost-cutting arose. Johnny Toler,
the assistant head who has worked at MEMC for 13 years, is set to take
Wilkinson's place.
"Bob's abilities will be greatly
missed at this hospital, but I know that Johnny Toler is a person we can all
depend on to do whatever is necessary to keep his department going. I have
great faith in him and in this hospital," Harry Illscott, hospital
administrator, said.
Toler began working at the hospital as an
assistant druggist in the pharmacy and was moved to his position as assistant
head in the purchasing department after the pharmacy closed in 1978. Toler’s
wife is also on staff at the hospital.
“This hospital means a great deal to me and my family, and I will
give my best efforts to making our purchasing department the best. I learned
from a fine man – Bob Wilkinson – and I hope I can continue to build on the foundation
he established,” Toler said.
Wilkinson plans on taking a job as a
purchasing agent at the City Memorial Hospital. Wilkinson graduated from the
University of Virginia’s school of hospital administration in 1972. He started
at MEMC in 1975 after working as a purchasing chief for a small rural
community.
For more information about Wilkinson’s departure and Toler’s new
position, go to MEMC’s web site at
www.mcme.com/purchasing.
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