April 2023

After a rural California hospital closes, farmworkers pay the price (pbs.org)

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) · 4/12/239:32 AM

Medical work spaces sit empty and powered down inside Madera Community Hospital, which served a low-income, rural and agricultural region of California for 50 years before closing its doors in January 2023. Photo by Soreath Hok/KVPR This story was produced from a partnership between PBS NewsHour and KVPR . To read more, please click here. The sprawling San Joaquin Valley has long been short on medical providers. According to a 2019 report published by the California Future Health Workforce...

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