by Krystal Paco

Guam - If you're in need of urgent care, it looks like the up and coming facility will be a separate entity from the Guam Memorial Hospital emergency room. This news follows a vote at today's Urgent Care Planning Committee where members voted in favor of the separate location.

"I think the biggest thing is it going to be separate is it going to be its own identity? Yes it is. We have operational concerns about crowd control, hours of operation, and all this kind of stuff which the operational committee is going to have to come up with," said GHM administrator Joseph Verga says the committees will move forward with the framework for operations and staffing as well as budget.

Speaking of budget, Verga says the hospital has yet to receive any revenue for the urgent care facility.

Department of Administration director Benita Manglona says DOA continues to reconcile what was collected from gaming machines verses what was reported by the department of revenue and taxation.

The Urgent Care Planning Committee is slated to meet again on October 29 where they will iron out the logistics before presenting a final plan for the facility early next year.