Rural residents' access to hospitals is already a problem. Coronavirus could make it worse.
When Timaree Koscik’s husband, Tom, fell off the couple’s roof in Tonopah, Nevada, and shattered his heels, she knew what they had to do.”It was just like, ‘Well, put him in the car and take him to Bishop.’ ” The closest hospital is in Bishop, California, 115 miles away. “You just do what you have to do,” she said.The remoteness of Tonopah, population 2,200, […]
