Philips Hospital. a public institution serving many uninsured black health consumers in St. Louis closed in Over the last few weeks. the city of Detroit decided to close its only public hospital which would shift the charity patient load to many voluntary hospitals. In addition. if not for emergency Federal aid granted during the past 9 months. BrooklynJewish. Metropolitan and Sydenham hospitals would have closed. reducing access to medical care to a large medically needy population and undocumented aliens. Other hospitals throughout the Nation have yet to benefit from this kind of Federal and State assistance. and may soon be forced to close their doors. For example. in my own district.
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