The hospital in Ekalaka, a small town in sprawling, rural southeastern Montana, sits at the intersection of two dirt roads. (Arielle Zionts | KFF Health News) EKALAKA, Mont. — There was no doctor ...

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EKALAKA, Mont. — There was no doctor on-site when a patient arrived in early June at the emergency room in the small hospital at the intersection of two dirt roads in this town of 400 residents. There ...

There was no doctor on-site when a patient arrived in early June at the emergency room (ER) in the small hospital at the intersection of two dirt roads in this town of 400 residents. There never is.

EKALAKA, Mont. — There was no doctor on-site when a patient arrived in early June at the emergency room in the small hospital at the intersection of two dirt roads in this town of 400 residents. There ...