Illinois Valley residents fretted on social media over how to meet their healthcare needs and where to seek fallback options, now the hospital's doors are closing with a week's notice.
Inspectors found that an anesthesiologist at a Brooklyn hospital made numerous errors in administering epidurals. Some were life-threatening. One was fatal.
Many doctors worry that the drugs' current popularity, fueled in part by social media, has resulted in people taking them without sufficient medical supervision.