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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 ...
St. Luke's was the last independent hospital in the Toledo area before joining the ProMedica Health System in 2010 and on July 1, 2016, St. Luke's Hospital became independent once again. [7] In August 2020, St. Luke's Hospital was purchased by McLaren Health Care and the hospital was rebranded as McLaren St. Luke's Hospital. [8]
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 ...
But even those states have had obstetrics units close in rural areas. In Iowa, Oskaloosa’s hospital has bucked the trend and kept its labor and delivery unit open, partly by pulling in patients ...
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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 ...
Summa Health System will permanently relocate Barberton Hospital labor and delivery services to its Akron campus in mid-November. Summa closing Barberton Hospital labor and delivery unit, moving ...
Meanwhile, more than 150 rural hospitals have closed since 2010, according to the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina. Largely rural states such ...