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The only maternity ward within 40 miles abruptly closed in August, so she would be staying at her brother’s house in Idaho to be closer to a hospital. ... Rural hospitals are closing maternity ...
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.
A new report from the March of Dimes aims to raise awareness about maternity care deserts in the U.S., which the organization defines as "any county without a hospital or birth center offering ...
Empty infant beds sit gathered in a corner in an empty maternity ward at Madera Community Hospital in Calif., which closed in January 2023, on Sept. 13, 2023.
Thayer said the closing of Newton's labor and delivery ward is symbolic of challenges faced across Iowa. Since 2000, more than 40 Iowa hospitals — or about a third of hospitals in the state ...
Two decades prior to the closing, the New York Times had headlined a "Plan to Eliminate Maternity Wards In 40 Hospitals Scored at meeting." [ 8 ] Months before the hospital closed, "the 83-bed facility had 20 beds filled."
Two maternity wards at health care facilities in Alabama are planning to close by the end of the month and a third will close a few weeks later, forcing expecting mothers in the area to travel ...
This is a list of hospitals in Delaware, a United States state. According to the American Hospital Directory, there were 17 hospitals in Delaware in 2020. According to the American Hospital Directory, there were 17 hospitals in Delaware in 2020.