This Tennessee town's only hospital closed without warning. Two years later it still hasn't reopened.

This Tennessee town's only hospital closed without warning. Two years later it still hasn't reopened.

A little over two years ago, a piece of paper was taped to the front doors of the Jellico Regional Hospital near the Tennessee-Kentucky state line. “The hospital is currently on diversion and will be closing the hospital and emergency room,” the paper read. For many locals, it came as a shock. Beldon Stanaford says he knew for several years that the 25-bed hospital was struggling, but didn’t expect its closure to be so sudden. “It was open one d…