“A debate erupts when Community Hospital announces that as a cost-savings measure it willclose its emergency room from 10:00 P.M. until 6:00 A.M. The hospital explains that it is indanger of going bankrupt and its emergency room is a very expensive hospital department.Patients will still be able to receive emergency treatment at the nearby State Hospital. Opponentsargue that this will severely restrict indigent patients’ access to care. Granted that CommunityHospital is in danger of going bankrupt is its decision ethical?”
