Long drive for healthcare

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The Virginian-Pilot, June 18, 2008

While there's a community health center and some doctors in town, for them, residents of Chincoteague Island, VA, either have to drive an hour to the north or south for hospital care. This story highlights a problem that many small or rural communities face when hospital care is sometimes hours away.

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