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Council discussion flags Jackson Hospital bed shortages as a public-safety and economic risk
Summary
Speakers at the meeting warned that lack of vacant beds at Jackson Hospital and nearby Baptist facilities is forcing patients to other cities and could cost Montgomery thousands of jobs and broader tax revenue if it continues.
Speaker 1, an unidentified speaker, said Montgomery is losing patients to other cities because Jackson Hospital and nearby hospitals lack vacant beds and warned of serious consequences: "This is a dire situation. People would die over this." Speaker 1 named Birmingham, Huntsville, Nashville, Atlanta and Mobile as cities receiving patients.
Speaker 2, an unidentified speaker, framed the hospital shortage as a broader economic threat,…
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