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shows an empty emergency room trauma bay, with gurneys and equipment ready for patients to arrive, perhaps at a rural hospital
Posted inRural Health

Rural hospital closures lead to higher mortality rates

by Daily Yonder August 30, 2019April 13, 2021

By Bill Bishop Daily Yonder When a hospital closes in an urban area, mortality rates don’t change. But when a rural hospital shuts its doors, according to a new study, mortality rates increase nearly six percent. The new study helps clear up a question about the impact of hospital closures on health. Earlier studies at […]

Posted inHealthcare Workers, Hospitals, NC Health Briefs, Rural Health

Yadkin County Leaders Work Toward Reopening Hospital

by Editor October 23, 2015October 23, 2015
Posted inHospitals, NC Health Briefs, Rural Health

Franklin Medical Center in Louisburg Ceases Operations

by Editor October 15, 2015October 15, 2015
Signs supporting Pungo Hospital dot the roadsides near Belhaven, a small coastal town. Belhaven's single stop light is visible in the distance in this 2014 photo.
Posted inHospitals

Rural Communities Hope Help is Coming for Their Hospitals

by Editor October 6, 2015April 19, 2021
Posted inRural Health

Bill to Provide Relief to Rural Hospitals Complete

by Editor September 29, 2015April 19, 2021
Belhaven mayor Adam O'Neal at the NCGA Sept. 2015. O'Neal has walked to Washington D.C. and to Raleigh from the eastern North Carolina town of Belhaven to publicize the problems faced by rural hospitals.
Posted inHospitals

Troubled Rural Hospitals Get Attention at the Legislature

by Editor September 17, 2015April 19, 2021

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