When your country instituted National Health programs, was there a closing or merging of hospitals?
I am looking to change my career and it would involve going to work for one of the local hospitals or major physician groups if possible. Since I am no spring chicken now and the US health care system is looking at some significant changes (do not want to debate here, but based on my insurance industry experience, I believe National Health is not far away), I am skittish to change end of life careers if there will be significant reductions in the opportunities at providers.
So what happened with the major facilites in your area? We have two major hospital programs in my small city - one a major teaching facility and the other a significant heart facility.