OCEANSIDE — The Tri-City Healthcare District and the Fallbrook Healthcare District have entered into a Joint Powers Agreement designed to enhance the level of medical and healthcare services provided to the residents throughout the Fallbrook Healthcare District’s service area.The agreement is the culmination of discussions and efforts between the two agencies over the past several months and will enable the Fallbrook Healthcare District to support potential expansion of the quality services available locally in Fallbrook. This is designed to benefit patients, families, the local healthcare system and the entire economic base of the Fallbrook community.
Vi Dupre, administrator of the Fallbrook Healthcare District and Chief Executive Officer of Tri-City Healthcare District Larry Anderson, issued a joint statement regarding the new affiliation, as follows:
“It is the intent of both districts that, through this Joint Powers Agreement, we will be able to execute strategies that have the potential to give residents of Fallbrook, and surrounding communities, access to the highest quality of healthcare, provided primarily in their local community. We understand the burden of families having to travel to distant facilities in order to receive care.”
For more information about Tri-City Medical Center and Tri-City Healthcare District, please visit tricitymed.org. For more information about Fallbrook Healthcare District, visit FallbrookHealthcareDistrict.net.