New US hospitals face fiscal crisis over COVID relief money


              Registered nurse Heather Agee is shown in a treatment room at Thomasville Regional Medical Center in Thomasville, Ala., on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. The hospital is among three in the nation that say they are missing out on federal pandemic relief money because they opened during or shortly before the COVID-19 crisis began. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
            
              People enter and exit Thomasville Regional Medical Center in Thomasville, Ala., on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. The hospital is among three in the nation that say they are missing out on federal pandemic relief money because they opened during or shortly before the COVID-19 crisis began. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
            
              Radiology manager Marshall C. Pritchett Jr. works on a file at Thomasville Regional Medical Center in Thomasville, Ala., on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. The hospital is among three in the nation that say they are missing out on federal pandemic relief money because they opened during or shortly before the COVID-19 crisis began. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
            
              Thomasville Regional Medical Center chief executive Curtis James speaks outside the hospital in Thomasville, Ala., on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. The hospital is among three in the nation that say they are missing out on federal pandemic relief money because they opened during or shortly before the COVID-19 crisis began. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
            
              A man walks through the lobby of Thomasville Regional Medical Center in Thomasville, Ala., on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. The hospital is among three in the nation that say they are missing out on federal pandemic relief money because they opened during or shortly before the COVID-19 crisis began. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
New US hospitals face fiscal crisis over COVID relief money