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A for-profit company bought 3 struggling hospitals in West Virginia and Ohio. Instead of the help employees expected, doctors were fired, supplies ran low and many in need of care had to travel elsewhere. Then the hospitals shut for good. nyti.ms/2S5OIw0
One West Virginia hospital, Fairmont, delivered babies, treated car crash and gunshot victims, repaired hearts and knees and offered addiction treatment. It closed last month, leaving residents short on care as the coronavirus pandemic spread. nyti.ms/2Y9Ipv5
Rural hospitals in the U.S. have closed in increasing numbers in recent years. Our maps show where people have a hard time reaching a hospital that offers inpatient care needed to treat severe Covid-19. nyti.ms/2W4lP4s
The hospital shutdowns in parts of West Virginia and Ohio have forced the region to fight a coronavirus outbreak with far fewer licensed hospital beds than it had a year ago. nyti.ms/3aCyBMR
The shuttered hospitals in West Virginia and Ohio served communities where hundreds of people whose lungs were scarred by decades in coal mines are vulnerable to the devastating respiratory syndrome caused by the coronavirus.
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Read our full investigation by @sarahkliff, @jbsgreenberg and @nkulish into the closing of hospitals in a rural part of the U.S. where residents are in growing need of nearby medical care. nyti.ms/3aCyBMR
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