Healthcare

She lost her son to suicide. Now she’s begging to save the hospital that got her through it


When her 31-year-old son took his own life, this Robbinsdale mom says North Memorial became the support system she didn’t have. Nurses, doctors and a chaplain stayed with her, cared for the children beside her and helped her through her son’s final moments. Now, as Sanford Health moves to acquire North Memorial, she’s pleading to protect the kind of personal, community care she says a bigger hospital may never be able to replace.