Virginia Critical Access Hospital Closes Due to Financial Difficulty

Virginia Critical Access Hospital Closes Due to Financial Difficulty

Another Critical Access Hospital closed this week, leaving Patrick County, Virginia, with no hospital. According to the University of North Carolina’s Cecil G. Sheps Center, 81 rural hospitals have already closed since 2010. “Policy uncertainty in Washington has created fragile times for health care companies,” says the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association. Pioneer Community Hospital filed bankruptcy two years before their closing.