GRAFTON, W.Va. – Officials from the Grafton City Hospital has introduced Fairmont native, George C. Boyles as the new Chief Administrative Officer. Boyles had been serving as the Interim President and CAO since October of 2019.
“Our board is very pleased to welcome George into this permanent role as his leadership in the interim has been exceptional,” said John Bord, Chair of the Grafton City Hospital Board of Directors.
With more than 20 years of executive and administrative experience, Boyles has worked in a variety of roles throughout the United States. As Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Mercer County Joint Township Community Hospital located in Coldwater, Ohio Boyles guided the hospital from a $500,000 deficit to stability and expansion.
“We were able to also maintain a level of profitability of about $2.5 million for four or five years,”Boyles said,”Because of that we were able to build a new $24 million wing onto the hospital.”
“George has proven a stalwart leader for Grafton City Hospital,” explained David Goldberg, President & CEO of Mon Health. “Since becoming an affiliate of Mon Health System last year, Grafton City Hospital has continued to make substantial progress in its sustainability, medical offerings, and community presence. With George at the helm, we are looking forward to the future.”
Boyles has a Bachelor of Science-Accounting and Finance degree, and Master’s in Business Administration from West Virginia University.
“I am extremely grateful for being given the opportunity to continue working with the Hospital Board of Trustees, Management staff, employees, and medical providers at Grafton City Hospital,” said Boyles. “We have such a wonderful team here at GCH that strive every day to provide compassionate care to residents of our community.”
Boyles is well aware of the struggles in nearby communities that have witnessed hospitals close.
“I’m not going to sugar coat things, I’m going to tell them the good as well as the bad,”Boyles said,”With that type of an atmosphere, with the community behind the hospital, that’s the number one thing.”
Boyles says preparing for COVID-19 is very similar to preparing for a hurricane, you make all the preparations you can and hope for the best.
“We’re meeting daily with Mon Health representatives and finding out what they might have shortages in and what we potentially have shortages in and work together like a four hospital team,”Boyles said.
Grafton City Hospital serves the Taylor County region with a 25-bed, Critical Access Hospital that includes an around the clock Emergency Department, primary care, diagnostic imaging, sleep medicine, and cardiopulmonary services.