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What this hospital meant for its community — and where residents get care now
Almost everyone in Thomasville, Alabama, has a story about how access to the local hospital — now closed — helped them in a crisis. This is Nichole Stinson’s.
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What the rural healthcare crisis looks like in Alabama
This morning, Kimberly Adams visits one town in Alabama to hear what happens to access to vital health care when a hospital closes its doors.
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In rural Alabama, efforts to reopen the only hospital in town
The Thomasville Regional Medical Center opened in 2020, with state-of-the-art facilities. It closed less than five years later because of financial hardship.
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When the only hospital in town closes
Today, we have a dispatch from Thomasville, Alabama, where residents reflect on living in a place where healthcare isn’t easily accessible.
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What this hospital meant for its community — and where residents get care now
Almost everyone in Thomasville, Alabama, has a story about how access to the local hospital — now closed — helped them in a crisis. This is Nichole Stinson’s.
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What a local economy loses when its hospital closes
Hospitals are both healthcare centers and economic hubs for rural communities.
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A hospital saved her son. What happens now that it's closed?
Today, we have a report of how a community's local hospital — now shuttered — was crucial during one resident's emergency.