As of December, Texas is home to 154 rural inpatient hospitals, the most of any state in the country.
In the past decade, 14 of Texas’ rural hospitals have closed and another 82 are at risk of closure, according to a recent report from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform.
Floyd County has a population of about 5,000 people and one hospital. The W.J. Mangold Memorial Hospital is about 60 miles northeast of Lubbock, in Lockney…