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Florida Hospital North Pinellas would like the chance to provide Tarpon Springs city employees with health care.WILL VRAGOVIC | Times (2012)

Tarpon Springs clashes with hospital over employee clinic

By Brittany Alana Davis, Times staff writer

5/24/13TARPON SPRINGS

TARPON SPRINGS — Leaders at the local branch of Florida Hospital clashed with city leaders last week over whether Tarpon Springs should include the hospital in its plan to build a health clinic for city employees. The clinic, which would be built in partnership with Oldsmar and the Florida League of Cities, would b …

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