Virginia’s Joint Commission on Health Care (JCHC) released a report addressing the pressures that various rural hospitals in the commonwealth are facing.

In the report, which you can read here, 13 of Virginia’s 36 rural hospitals are listed as at risk of closure or at immediate risk of closure: At risk of closureBallad Health Dickenson Community HospitalBallad Health Smyth County Community HospitalBath Community HospitalBon Secours Rappahannock General HospitalBon Secours Southern Virginia Medical CenterDuke Lifepoint Twin County Regional HospitalHCA LewisGale Hospital PulaskiVCU Health Community Memorial Hospital Ballad Health Dickenson Community Hospital Ballad Health Smyth County Community Hospital Bon Secours Rappahannock General Hospital Bon Secours Southern Virginia Medical Center Duke Lifepoint Twin County Regional Hospital Immediate risk of closureBon Secours Southampton Memorial HospitalCarilion Giles Community HospitalCarilion Tazewell Community HospitalSentara Halifax Regional HospitalVCU Health Tappahannock…