Vital developments in the state trauma system continue despite voters"Ÿ rejection of state funding of trauma centers. A regional communication system that will link ambulances to trauma hospitals will be established in Forsyth and for the region served by the Level I Trauma Center at MCCG. Dennis Ashley, Professor and Director of Trauma and Critical Care, is chair of the state trauma commission.
After a one-time $58.9 million startup grant from the state in 2008, funding for the trauma system decreased to $10.5 million as a proposed amendment to provide revenue from license fees was defeated last November and "super speeder" fines for high speed traffic violations failed to generate expected funding.