A JPS HEALTH NETWORK PHYSICIAN HAS ACCUSED THE 

TAXPAYER-SUPPORTED TARRANT COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT OF 

BEING OBSTRUCTIONIST IN HER ATTEMPTS TO COMMUNICATE 

WITH THE BOARD.

Dr. Mayme Richie-Gillespie, an orthopedic-oncology 

surgeon, wrote an e-mail to board members criticizing 

the performance of JPS administrators, but said that 

her e-mail was shown to the hospital's upper management 

before it was forwarded to the board chairman, reported 

the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Richie-Gillespie said she 

wanted to inform the board about her concerns about 

patient care, the way patients are admitted into the 

network's system and about strained relationships among 

physicians and administrators, the Star-Telegram added. 

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, November 10, 2005