Third Star editorial sticks to support of Wishard

On Sunday The Indianapolis Star delivered an unprecedented third endorsement of the Wishard referendum, a countywide ballot question this fall to support construction of a new Wishard Hospital on the campus of IUPUI.

"Vote yes: Wishard's work eases concerns" is the third editorial from the Star in favor of the referendum. It delivers a concise record of the consensus in favor of the Wishard referendum.

In City Hall, at the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and throughout the Indiana health-care community, there is clear consensus that Wishard Hospital needs to replace its out-of-date, overworked facilities.

Those supporters will get no quarrel from the Wishard staff, who long to perform their yeomanly work in a setting worthy of the large, diverse population they serve and the economy to which they contribute $1.2 billion a year.
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That staff commands the loyalty of countless patients, none more than police officer Jason Fishburn, whose life was saved by the Westside institution last year after he was shot in the line of duty. He and his father, Dennis, are co-chairs of Citizens for Wishard.

All in all, it is an impressive vote of confidence.

The Star addresses some of the questions that have been asked about the Wishard referendum, and its conclusion aptly sums up Wishard's approach.

Good and necessary questions have been thrust at those who would ask permission to spend three quarters of a billion dollars. Wishard and its people have answered them, in their work more than in their words. The question they pose to the voters calls for a "yes."

Visit WishardYes.org for more information about the Wishard referendum and to sign up in support.