Rural hospitals with a small population based have trouble covering their fixed costs, which are spread over too few patients.
The nonprofit, which has been losing between $100,000 and $150,000 a month, so far has found little resonance on the online fundraising platform since launching the campaign at the end of August. As of Saturday, the 16-bed hospital in South Renovo, in the north-central part of the state, has raised just $12,180 of its $1.5 million goal.
Hospital CEO Timothy Reeves said in an interview Thursday that in addition to the GoFundMe appeal, he has been in touch with many state and federal government officials to seek help for the hospital, which employs 85 people.Bucktail is among the estimated 30% of rural hospitals across the country that are considered at risk.in its primary service area would have to travel significantly farther for emergency services or for inpatient care.
Even on a busy day, with seven or eight patients coming to the emergency department, “we’re still losing money,” Reeves said. The median number of emergency department visits at Pennsylvania hospitals last year was nearly 30,000, according to Pennsylvania Department of Health data.
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