‘How many more people have to die?’: what a closed rural hospital tells us about US healthcare
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
Cindy Anderson worked for 39 years at the only hospital in Kennett, a small city in rural, south-eastern Missouri.
Beginning as an administrator in the emergency room, Anderson saw Twin Rivers regional medical center pull thousands of people back from the brink after heart attacks or accidents.