To the Editor:

I have had the pleasure of practicing medicine in Southern Ocean County for the past 22 years. During that time, I have seen Southern Ocean Medical Center grow with the surrounding community.

It truly began as a local hospital started by a dedicated group of citizens who recognized the need to have a medical center in our community. Though it has grown far beyond that initial vision and merged with a larger hospital system, it is still our community hospital that began with bake sales and car…

June 21, 2017