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An empty dining room is seen at St. Mark’s Medical Center Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, in La Grange. Wednesday was the hospital’s last day of service before its scheduled closing on October 12.

COVID-19 funding halted rural hospital closures across Texas, until now

La Grange residents worked for months to try to save the 65-bed hospital and asked the city to step in with a loan, but it wasn’t enough.


Medical equipment is seen left behind inside one of the operating rooms at St. Mark’s Medical Center Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, in La Grange.
Registered Nurse Stacie Schramek files paperwork on the last day of service at St. Mark’s Medical Center Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023 in La Grange.
Medical equipment is seen left behind inside the pre-operative holding area at St. Mark’s Medical Center Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, in La Grange.

Efforts to save St. Mark's

Patients leave the St. Mark’s Medical Office Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, in La Grange. Wednesday was the hospital’s last day of service before its scheduled closing on October 12.
The Fayette County Courthouse on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, in La Grange.
Hunter Callis, left, and Shelby Dixon peer in the window of an antique store Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, in downtown La Grange.

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