Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified: on Nostr: "A similar scenario has played out in hundreds of other rural communities across the ...

"A similar scenario has played out in hundreds of other rural communities across the United States, where hospitals have faced closure over the past 40 years. In that regard, the story of Mound Bayou’s hospital isn’t unique.

But there’s more to this hospital closure than the loss of inpatient beds, historians say. It’s also a tale of how hundreds of Black hospitals across the U.S. fell casualty to social progress."

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/black-hospitals-south-closure-impact-taborian-mound-bayou-mississippi/

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