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Ft. Campbell Army Hospital Limits Services in Response to Furloughs

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Ft. Campbell's Blanchfield Army Community Hospital will close or limit services on Fridays in response to mandatory federal budget furloughs.

Last month, the Department of Defense announced eleven mandatory no-pay days starting July 8 until September.

Citing military law, Blanchfield’s hospital commander granted 200 employees to remain at the facility on those Fridays to operate emergency and intensive-care facilities.

Officials are telling patients to expect longer wait times and delayed appointments.

The base hospital serves nearly 150,000 residents on the western Kentucky-Tennessee border.

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