The company managing Clinton Regional Hospital pulled out in December, closing the facility and local clinics. Almost 200 staff were left without a job, and the southwest Oklahoma town’s most vulnerable citizens are scrambling for health care.
Residents of Clinton, Oklahoma, are getting a taste of life without a hospital. Clinton Regional Hospital serviced a town of 8,612 people until the private company managing it pulled out on Dec. 31, citing a lack of profitability. Five urgent care clinics in Clinton and Weatherford closed with it.