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Alisha Alderson placed everything she needed for the last month of her pregnancy in various suitcases as she prepared to leave the comfort of her home in rural eastern Oregon. The only 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 ...
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Somerset State Hospital: Somerset: 1938: 463: 1947: n/a: closed: cottage: Began as county poor farm. Is now converted to a Correctional facility South Mountain Restoration Center: Mont Alto: 1907: 1100: 1970: active: cottage: also known as Samuel G. Dixon State Hospital Torrance State Hospital: Derry Township: 1919: 3300: 1950s: 229 (2008 ...
Between 2010 and 2021, the American Hospital Association reported that there were 136 rural hospital closures around the country. This year, nearly one-third of the remaining rural hospitals could ...
Warren State Hospital is a public psychiatric hospital established in 1880 in North Warren, Conewango Township near Warren, Pennsylvania. The original hospital was designed by John McArthur Jr. and constructed under the Kirkbride Plan. [1] Its population peaked at 2,562 residents in 1947. As of 2024, the hospital is still active. [2]
Other services available at the hospital include general surgery, [13] medical imaging and diagnostics, [4] pharmacy, specialist outpatient clinics and allied health supports. There is no maternity ward, and the hospital is not equipped to support labour and childbirth, however it does provide education, prenatal and follow up care for mothers ...