Financial issues force closure of hospital in Pauls Valley
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October 14, 2018
PAULS VALLEY, Okla. (AP) — A financially troubled community hospital in southern Oklahoma has closed its doors and discontinued ambulance service.
Officials at Pauls Valley Regional Medical Center closed the facility Friday. A telephone call by The Associated Press to the facility on Saturday was not answered.
The Pauls Valley Police Department said an ambulance service based in nearby Purcell would serve the area through the weekend. The nearest hospitals are about 27 miles away in Purcell and Arbuckle.
The hospital opened in 1970 and narrowly avoided closure last month, when officials said t...
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