Last night's legislative oversight hearing on the viability of alternative locations for  a new hospital wasn't the first such event considering the administration's proposed medical campus.  From hearings considering the plight of original landowners to hearings looking into the Eagles Field lease with the military, its been months of disagreement between the administration and legislature over the controversial medical complex.

Despite the contention, the island still needs a new hospital.

Senators still not sold on the idea of the administration’s medical complex, especially after hearing concerns from the public. "That’s the reality that people don’t know. They think we’re going to build a 300-bed hospital and it's going to increase admission capacity? Where do you get the nursing staff? There’s none," explained Dr. Hoa Nguyen. He spoke before the Guam Legislature on Wednesday night during an oversight hearing on the viability of other alternative sites for a new hospital.

He joins several there in support of the Tamuning location, like the Perez family who donated the property for the old Guam memorial hospital.  John Perez stated, "As a family representative of the original landowner, Mr. Frankie Perez, we support the people of Guam’s desire for a new and state of the art hospital campus at satpon point."

But a panel of the administration’s representatives also there in opposition to Ypao Point, like the CHamoru Land Trust Commission, who now has jurisdiction of the land. Commission administrative director Alice Taijeron said, "I vehemently and respectfully, oppose to the taking of the Ypao Point or mere thought of taking Ypao Point away from the CLTC."

Taijeron said the CLTC has plans to lease the land for commercial use to fund their infrastructure as their mandate requires. She also brought up an environmental concern, saying the dumping of white goods caused invasive species like fire ants, rhino beetles and brown tree snakes to nest and spread in the area.

"We now have an ecological and environmental catastrophe. A catastrophe that CLTC is doing their best to correct in the right way," she said.

But this causing Senator Chris Barnett to share his frustrations, as the administration and legislature continue to clash over the medical complex. "I think it’s pretty obvious that the administration does not support the building of a hospital at Oka or Ypao or Satpon or Tamuning for that matter," he said. "But I mean, you guys pulled out all the stops. Fire ants, rhino beetles, if we build the hospital there, the Chamoru land trust commission is not going to get their infrastructure."