“So Beebe Health System is a small nonprofit hospital that has also a medical group, a lot of ambulatory services, and really serves Sussex County.
I have a long history with Delaware. I was born and raised in Newark, Delaware. Delaware is a really special state. I did all of my degrees at University of Delaware, and then I went out to Chicago for six years. And the opportunity to come back to Delaware was really important to me.
There’s just a really special atmosphere in this area with having our beaches and a tourist environment, and Beebe and its healthcare professionals have cared for that community always, including the locals, including the tourists. It definitely attracts a lot of people in their middle to older stages of life.
With healthcare, there’s multiple large health systems within Delaware that work hard to take care of. As we have specialized health systems throughout the state, we take care of people in the tri-state area and beyond. In the community-based health system, what we’re finding is, as people move to the area, they’re looking to us to take care of them. Rather than people going to large academic health systems, they’re coming here because of the community feel.
People are moving to Sussex County and to Delaware because it’s so unique. We’re really growing because of the area. People want to live here. And that’s sort of unique. We’re growing because people are choosing to move from an adjacent state, from a couple states away, to Sussex County to hang out at the beaches and enjoy their life.”
