PRATTVILLE — James Corder, a doctor at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, said Wednesday that the availability of interventional radiology services at DCH recently underwent a “drastic reduction,” a change he feared would impact general surgical services at the hospital.

Corder, who described the news as upsetting, shared the change in interventional radiology service availability during a meeting of the Statewide Trauma and Health Systems Advisory Council.

With close to 600 beds, DCH is Alabama’s fourth largest hospital, and the largest in the state’s Black Belt region, which has historically suffered from a lack of access to medical care.