We're at a critical juncture. I'd venture to say there are crises at every turn. The biggest we have is the nursing and departure at a time when the patient population is increasing. We push our nurses to the limit.
We requested that the committee defer its request for a staff interview at least until after the August recess or until such time as we were better informed. We never received a response to this letter.
The opportunity to capture market share and improve our gross margin is here today, but time is of the essence. Our customers ask us to bring these products to market, and if we don't do it, our competition will.
Every time we get together it's a good game. It usually comes down to the wire. Most of the games last year were one-run games.
That is typically a fire department call in these situations. Any time you have gas in the atmosphere, you want to make sure there are not ignition sources nearby.
That's always one of the challenges, getting people in here. But we try and make sure we pay competitively. The main thing is we'll have to make sure we start (recruiting) ahead of time so we can have people trained.