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Re:City residents live with mental illness at higher rates t... by magduf on Thursday May 16, 2019 @10:54AM (#19929574)
The other thing about hospitals is that, in a place like that, the nearest hospital is probably in the closest small city, but that hospital is staffed with incompetent doctors because who wants to work in a place like that? So if you have a real emergency, you want to go to a good hospital in a larger city, but that's much farther away.
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Re:City residents live with mental illness at higher rates t... by jjeaff on Saturday May 18, 2019 @09:11PM (#19950730)
That's a very short sighted opinion. There are plenty of very intelligent doctors that love to live in the countryside.

Due to the sheer larger numbers in urban areas, I'm sure you are likely to have the best of the best in cities, but everyone can't be treated by the top 1% of doctors.

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Re:City residents live with mental illness at higher rates t... by magduf on Monday May 20, 2019 @10:52AM (#19960904)
No, it's not shortsighted at all. There aren't enough highly competent doctors to go around and staff all the rural hospitals. My mom lives in a smallish town (and it's at least a college town) with a hospital right down the street, and constantly has to travel to the nearest city for medical issues because the hospital doesn't have any decent doctors and all the specialists are in the city.
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