By Gail G. Thomas The Open Our Hospital campaign kick off, 2014 The Plumfund Story: It takes an army When Palm Drive Hospital closed in April of 2014, after 73 years of service to residents of Sonoma County, CA, two hundred people lost their jobs, and a community lost access to life-saving services. The nearest hospitals to Palm Drive were 10 miles away, which meant driving more than 30 miles of difficult road for some West Sonoma County residents. With Palm Drive closed, patients coming from these remote areas lost precious moments in emergency transport. Particularly in cases of stroke or trauma, minutes matter. In addition, the area took an economic hit that snowballed; the loss of...
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