One year ago this week Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott dropped a bombshell, announcing that after 132 years it would close its doors.
Some say the hospitals demise began almost as soon as its new construction was completed in 2002.
We were naïve, said Dave Martin, Fort Scott city manager, as to the changing landscape of healthcare.
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