Oklahoma Hospital Association

Rural Hospitals in Oklahoma

Rural Hospitals in Oklahoma

STAFF EDITORIAL: Be more like Georgia

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
The Oklahoma Legislature should consider borrowing an idea from Georgia that The Peach State enacted three years ago in an effort to preserve rural hospitals In 2016 the Georgia General Assembly passed a measure which allows individuals and businesses to make donations to that state’s financially...
Southwest Ledger photo by Chris Martin Frederick Hospital, opened in 1955, had the ability to house 37 acute care patients and another 30 in long term nursing care. The hospital closed in 2016. Today the community’s sole medical outlet is the Frederick Community Clinic.

Southwest Ledger photo by Chris Martin Frederick Hospital, opened in 1955, had the ability to house 37 acute care patients and another 30 in long term nursing care. The hospital closed in 2016. Today the community’s sole medical outlet is the Frederick Community Clinic.

Hospital closures, bankruptcies challenge system

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
OKLAHOMA CITY – Several rural hospitals in Oklahoma have been on life support in recent years. Some have been shuttered but others are thriving or at least surviving as clinics, albeit at a reduced level of service.
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