At their monthly meeting on Thursday, the board of directors for the Petersburg Medical Center discussed the idea of holding their meetings in the borough assembly chambers to better receive the community.

"It's more to do with community engagement," said PMC CEO Phil Hofstetter. "It just seems like a more centralized location."

Hospital board meetings are currently held in the Dorothy Ingle Conference Room in PMC on the fourth Thursday of every month. If the monthly board meetings were to be held in the assembly chambers, then community members might be inclined to attend the meetings.

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