Western Wisconsin’s congressman wants the governor to help with the planned hospital closures in the Chippewa Valley.
Yesterday, Republican Congressman Derrick Van Orden asked Governor Tony Evers to use any state or federal resources that can be tapped to make sure the people who use HSHS’ hospitals or Prevea’s clinics in and around Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls are not left without medical care. The two announced last month that they will be closing their hospitals and clinics by mid-April.
Van Orden says the closures will leave parts of western Wisconsin with fewer emergency rooms, far less rural EMS service, and the loss of one of the region’s cancer centers.
