The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says the announced closing of two hospitals and 19 clinics in western Wisconsin is alarming. Hospital Sisters Health System and Prevea Health announced last week that hospitals in Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls will close in April. All 19 Prevea Health Clinics in western Wisconsin will also close their doors. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says she wonders how the remaining hospitals will be able to absorb all of the emergency services and day-to-day medical needs. Mueller says fortunately locally the health care picture is quite different. “In our area I feel like we’re expanding with health care options,” Mueller told WFDL news. “We have SSM, we have Aurora, and now we have Froedert locally as well. So I would say it’s kind of opposite what’s happening here.”
