Financial hardships shutter East Texas hospital 14 months after reopening
Trinity County’s only hospital, which opened just 14 months ago, will close this week as Texas continues to struggle to keep their rural hospitals afloat.
On April 18, the Mid Coast Medical Center announced it would be closing down its operations in Trinity on Friday, citing financial concerns. They gave just a week’s notice to the local hospital board, which fought to keep the hospital operating since doors opened in February 2024.
The closest hospitals to Trinity are about 30 miles away. One is the Mid Coast Medical Center - Crockett, in neighboring Houston County. The other is the Huntsville Memorial Hospital.
Trinity is the latest addition to the growing nationwide problem with rural hospital closures. Since 2005, 109 rural hospitals have completely closed, according to the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. Texas led the nation in rural hospital closures between 2010 and 2020, with one of them being Mid Coast’s predecessor in Trinity County, the East Texas Medical Center, which closed in 2017.
Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/23/texas-rural-trinity-hospital-closes/