There was no doctor on-site when a patient arrived in early June at the emergency room in the small hospital at the ...

Nationally, one-fourth of patients admitted to the hospital from the emergency department have to wait 4 hours or more for a bed during nonpeak months.

Patients come to MLK’s emergency department with minor ailments they haven’t been able to get treated elsewhere, or more serious conditions that have become dire in the absence of care to ...