North Adams Regional Hospital plants to close this Friday; 500 medical professionals just found out they won’t have a job next week. The NARH is the only hospital in north Berkshire county, serving 11 towns and cities. Its closing would leave thousands of people without medical care; it’s an hour to the nearest emergency room. The area has a high poverty rate (22%), and most people lack access to reliable transportation. Closing NARH is a death sentence for anyone who gets into a serious accident.
The closing of this hospital is not due to malpractice; no, bad administrators have left the hospital in debt.
Obama has done to incredible work towards making health care accessible to ALL Americans, but the closing of this hospital would deprive tens of thousands of the medical care they need.
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