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Former Odessa Hospital CEO John Serle was terminated by the hospital board two weeks ago without cause.
ODESSA – The CEO of Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center was fired after only a year on the job.
During a special June 9 meeting, hospital directors voted unanimously to immediately terminate CEO John Serle's contract.
During the meeting, the board convened in an executive session lasting nearly an hour before returning to the public forum.
The board then heard a motion and second, and voted unanimously to end Serle's employment without cause.
Serle replaced interim CEO Emmett Schuster in March of 2021 and oversaw purchases and infrastructure plans for the hospital and clinic funded through grants earmarked for COVID-19 relief.
Those efforts were ultimately approved by the government for various upgrades of local medical facilities.
But not all of Serle's efforts found unanimous support in the community.
Serle and Chief Financial Officer Kimberly Dalrymple hosted an Oct. 2021 community meeting to quell rumors regarding personnel issues and about the ways in which money was being spent.
At board meetings in the months following that public meeting, the administration proposed various plans to alleviate personnel turnover, plan infrastructure remodels to house a CT scanner to be purchased and other board-approved projects.
Dalrymple recently resigned as CFO.
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