“Around here, everything is about distance”

30 May “Around here, everything is about distance”

The Guardian profiled rural communities on the inner banks of North Carolina where a local hospital closure has led to a lack of proper care in the community despite the opening of a 24-hour clinic.

“‘Pretty bad,’ he shot back when I asked him how things are after the hospital closed. ‘They took away something that was helping locals. Around here, everything is about distance.'”