On this edition of “Closer Look,” Dr. Anwar Osborne, associate professor of internal medicine and emergency medicine at Emory University, talks about the impacts of the Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center closure on the city’s trauma care capacity and the well-being of already stretched-thin medical professionals.
Wellstar is set to close the Old Fourth Ward-based center on Nov. 1 but announced Thursday it will close the emergency room two works earlier than expected. The move surprised many local leaders and even prompted Mayor Andre Dickens to issue a moratorium on redevelopment.
Osborne, who also works in emergency medicine at Grady Memorial Hospital, recently wrote about the city’s need for a hospital “safety net” in an opinion piece for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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