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After Bitter Closure, Rural Texas Hospital Defies The Norm And Reopens

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Five months ago, the 6,500 residents of Crockett, Texas, witnessed a bit of a resurrection - at least in rural hospital terms.

A little more than a year after the local hospital shut its doors, the 25-bed facility reopened its emergency department, inpatient beds and some related services, albeit on a smaller scale.

Without a hospital, residents of Crockett, located 120 miles north of Houston, were 35 miles away along rural roads from the next closest hospital when a medical crisis struck, said Dr. Bob Grier, board president of the Houston County Hospital District, which is the county's governmental authority that oversees Crockett, a public hospital. "Someone falls off the roof. A heart attack. A stroke. A diabetic coma. Start naming these rather serious things and health care is known for its golden hour," he said.


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Kaiser Health News

Hospital Closures

January 8, 2019

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