Rural hospitals are vanishing—and lives are vanishing with them
I’m a family medicine-trained doctor working in a rural ER. I drive 90 minutes to get there, and I do it because if I don’t, no one will. The county I serve has seen its nearest hospital close. The OB unit is long gone. Specialist referrals are hit or miss. And the patients? They’re sick. Read more… Rural hospitals are vanishing—and lives are vanishing with them originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
I’m a family medicine-trained doctor working in a rural ER. I drive 90 minutes to get there, and I do it because if I don’t, no one will. The county I serve has seen its nearest hospital close. The OB unit is long gone. Specialist referrals are hit or miss. And the patients? They’re sick.
Rural hospitals are vanishing—and lives are vanishing with them originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
