About 20 years ago, the rural town I was living in built a new, larger (40 beds - previous one was 20 beds) hospital. It was greatly debated in the community b

About 20 years ago, the rural town I was living in built a new, larger (40 beds - previous one was 20 beds) hospital. It was greatly debated in the community because the federal government was pushing the grants that would build it but there was no ongoing money to keep it running. For the last 10 years, they've struggled to keep it staffed and pay the bills because the rural community and economy continues to shrink. It should have never been built but it's difficult to say 'no' when all those 'free' federal dollars are waved in front of the local powers that be.