Have Cancer, Must Travel: Patients Left In Lurch After Town’s Hospital Closes

When the cancer clinic at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott closed in January, Karen Endicott-Coyan and other cancer patients had to continue their treatments out of town.

As the rural town of Fort Scott, Kan., grapples with the closure of its hospital, cancer patients bear a heavy burden. They now have to go elsewhere for treatments they used to get locally.

(Image credit: Christopher Smith for Kaiser Health News)

Read the full post on Health Care : NPR