Where It Hurts

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Where It Hurts

Where It Hurts

Creator: Kaiser Health News and St. Louis Public Radio

Place-based stories about the often painful cracks in the American health system that leave people frustrated and without the care they need. Hosted by investigative journalist Sarah Jane Tribble, the podcast is a production of Kaiser Health News and St. Louis Public Radio.

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Episoade Recente

10 episoade
BONUS: How's Josh

BONUS: How's Josh

Host Sarah Jane Tribble checks in on Josh, the teenager who was coping with his aging grandparents and the emotional burden of his mother’s opioid dea...

2021-10-12 15:00:00 00:03:00
BONUS: Searching For The Nuns Who Ghosted Fort Scott

BONUS: Searching For The Nuns Who Ghosted Fort Scott

Host Sarah Jane Tribble sets out on a mission to understand the Sisters of Mercy, the nuns who founded Fort Scott’s Mercy Hospital. They were once pro...

2021-06-02 17:30:00 00:03:25
A True Relief – Chapter 7

A True Relief – Chapter 7

In Fort Scott, Kansas, the Community Health Center’s big green and white sign replaced Mercy Hospital’s name on the front of the town’s massive medica...

2020-11-10 03:00:00 00:27:43
What I Was Raised And Taught To Do – Chapter 6

What I Was Raised And Taught To Do – Chapter 6

Trickle-down heartache reaches the next generation in a rural town with no hospital. Meet Josh. He’s a teenager in Fort Scott, Kansas, who dropped out...

2020-11-03 03:00:00 00:28:31
Poppyseed Bread, Orange Glaze and Chemo – Chapter 5

Poppyseed Bread, Orange Glaze and Chemo – Chapter 5

Sixty-five-year-old Karen Endicott-Coyan is living with a blood cancer and she needs frequent chemotherapy. Before Mercy Hospital closed, she got her...

2020-10-27 02:00:00 00:26:55
Dedicated to Suffering Humanity – Chapter 4

Dedicated to Suffering Humanity – Chapter 4

For more than 100 years, Mercy Hospital — and the nuns who started it all — cared for local people in Fort Scott, Kansas. Town historian Fred Campbell...

2020-10-20 03:00:00 00:26:03
Tragedy Is Going to Happen – Chapter 3

Tragedy Is Going to Happen – Chapter 3

Emergency care gets complicated after a hospital closes. On a cold February evening, when Robert Findley falls and hits his head on a patch of ice and...

2020-10-13 03:00:00 00:24:01
The Good Captain – Chapter 2

The Good Captain – Chapter 2

Closing a hospital hurts. In Fort Scott, Kansas, no one was a bigger symbol for that loss — or bigger target for the town’s anger — than hospital pres...

2020-10-06 03:00:00 00:25:37
It Is What It Is – Chapter 1

It Is What It Is – Chapter 1

Midwesterners aren’t known for complaining. But after Mercy Hospital Fort Scott closed, hardship trickled down to people whose lives were already hard...

2020-09-29 04:00:00 00:24:44
Trailer | Where It Hurts, Season 1: No Mercy

Trailer | Where It Hurts, Season 1: No Mercy

The story begins when Mercy Hospital Fort Scott shut its doors. Locals lost health care. Health workers lost jobs. Fort Scott’s sense of identity wave...

2020-08-31 18:31:00 00:01:46
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