An American

flag is now on display on the exterior of Fayette Community Hospital,

and hospital officials have ordered a flagpole and lighting system to

keep the flag on permanent display.

"It was

never a question about whether we would do it (display the flag), but

how we would do it," hospital spokeswoman Ryan Duffy said Thursday

morning.

Officals plan

to have the flagpole erected shortly, Ryan said.

In an interview

last week, Duffy said hospital officials were weighing the costs of purchasing

equipment to display the flag with the need to purchase other medical

equipment. But hospital officials decided to purchase a flag pole and

lighting system before the article was published in Wednesday's paper,

Duffy confirmed.

The Citizen

was not made aware of that development until Wednesday morning after the

paper had already been published.

"Here

at Fayette Community Hospital we continue to focus on our mission of quality

patient care, but we also proudly display the symbol of our flag to support

our troops not only from our community but also our country," Duffy

added.

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