ROANOKE TIMES

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DATE: FRIDAY, May 4, 1990                   TAG: 9005040450
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: METRO 
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IN THE NATION..BRIEFLY

Fifty of the 88 hospitals that closed in 1988 were in rural communities, the government said Thursday. Texas had the most closings, 29, the Department of Health and Human Services said. Alabama was second, with seven. California, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri and West Virginia had five each.



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