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Nuns Run Estill County Hospital In Face Of Opposition
In Irvine Kentucky the Sisters of St Benedict operate the 206 bed hospital under a 99 year lease at $1 a year after a legal challenge by local ministers. The state Court of Appeals upheld the decision allowing the nuns to run the county hospital which cared for 1515 patients in the prior year, 85 percent from Estill County.
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Irvine
Francis G. Miller
Estill
Kentucky
Sisters of St. Benedict
Covington
Hazard
Colorado
Milley
State Court of Appeals
Estill County
Miller