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Candler County hospital fights to stay open

Georgia is ground zero for rural hospital closures

Among rural hospitals, the Georgia Department of Community Health ranks Candler Countys facility as the second-most financially in need. - photo by Special

Candler County Hospital — Among rural hospitals, the Georgia Department of Community Health ranks Candler Countys facility as the second-most financially in need. - photo by Special

GLENWOOD If you want to watch a rural community die, kill its hospital. After the Lower Oconee Community Hospital shut down in June 2014, other mainstays of the community followed. The bank and the pharmacy in the small town of Glenwood shuttered.

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