An authority shall have power to investigate hospital, medical and health conditions and the means and methods of improving such conditions; to determine where inadequate hospital and medical facilities exist; to study and make recommendations concerning the plan of any city in relation to the problem of providing adequate hospital, medical and nursing facilities; and to provide adequate hospital, medical and nursing facilities for the inhabitants of such city and surrounding area, including persons of low income in such city and area.

History

Code 1950, § 32-237; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1556; 1997, c. 587.