Clinton in fight to give new life to shuttered hospital
Clinton Regional Hospital closed its doors on Dec. 31, after Alliance Health chose not to renew its lease for the city-owned facility.
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Clinton Regional Hospital closed its doors on Dec. 31, after Alliance Health chose not to renew its lease for the city-owned facility.
How a southwest Oklahoma town lost its hospital, and is scrambling to get it back
The company managing Clinton Regional Hospital pulled out in December, closing the facility and local clinics. Almost 200 staff were left without a job, and the southwest Oklahoma town’s most vulnerable citizens are scrambling for health care.
Residents of Clinton, Oklahoma, are getting a taste of life without a hospital. Clinton Regional Hospital serviced a town of 8,612 people until the private company managing it pulled out on Dec. 31, citing a lack of profitability. Five urgent care clinics in Clinton and Weatherford closed with it.