1.0Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½Ò•îl Health Newskhnkytjaw/news/author/khnkytjaw/A Few Rural Towns Are Bucking the Trend and Building New Hospitals - Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½Ò•îl Health Newsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="3zROAaaSCh"><a href="/news/article/rural-hospital-new-construction-wyoming-kansas-usda/">A Few Rural Towns Are Bucking the Trend and Building New Hospitals</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/news/article/rural-hospital-new-construction-wyoming-kansas-usda/embed/#?secret=3zROAaaSCh" width="600" height="338" title="“A Few Rural Towns Are Bucking the Trend and Building New Hospitals” — Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½Ò•îl Health News" data-secret="3zROAaaSCh" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> /wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Freeman-Health-Paula-Baker-01-resized.jpg20001333A remote Wyoming community hoped for years to have more access to health care. Now, after receiving federal funding, it is bucking dismal closure trends throughout the rural U.S. and building its own hospital. And it’s not the only one.