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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amanda Seitz and Allen G. Breed

After the only town hospital closed, a North Carolina city blames politicians: ‘There’s no help for you here’

AP

Weeds have punctured through the vacant parking lot of Martin General Hospital’s emergency room. A makeshift blue tarp covering the hospital’s sign is worn down from flapping in the wind. The hospital doors are locked, many in this county of 22,000 fear permanently.

Some residents worry the hospital’s sudden closure last August could cost them their life.

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