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A growing number of rural hospitals have been shuttering their labor and delivery units, forcing pregnant women to travel longer distances for care or face giving birth in an emergency room. Rural ...
It's common practice during pregnancy to visit your local ob-gyn and deliver at a nearby hospital. But a growing number of hospitals across the country have closed their labor and delivery units ...
A report on deliveries at The Farm in its first 40 years showed 5% of clients were transported to the hospital. Doctors told the AP that rural hospitals will need to be part of the equation, and ...
In May, 2022, McLaren announced they will be discontinuing labor and delivery services at St. Luke in September, 2022. [9] On March 3, 2023, McLaren announced that the hospital will wind down operations by mid-May 2023 citing years of declining revenues and an unstable reimbursement environment.
In rural Alabama, the closures are already having a significant impact. Women lack easy access to quality labor and delivery services, which necessitates driving long distances to deliver their ...
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At least 41 Iowa hospitals have shuttered their labor and delivery units since 2000.
Rural Americans know all too well what it feels like to have no hospital and emergency care when they break a leg, go into early labor, or have progressive chronic diseases, such as diabetes and ...