When Missouri’s Twin Rivers medical center closed, executives claimed it was a ‘consolidation’ with a new facility – but residents say it points to a healthcare crisis'How many more people have to die? ': what a closed rural hospital tells us about US healthcare'How many more people have to die? ': what a closed rural hospital tells us about US healthcareCindy Anderson worked for 39 years at the only hospital in Kennett, a small city in rural, south-eastern Missouri. When it was Anderson’s turn to speak, she described how Twin Rivers saved Butch’s life just weeks earlier. Photograph: Brandon Dill/The GuardianThe toll in lives since the hospital closed has yet to be calculated.

Source: The Guardian December 27, 2019 06:56 UTC