Rural hospitals are closing maternity wards. People are seeking
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Fewer than half of rural hospitals have labor and delivery units and the number keeps dropping. It’s forcing pregnant women to travel longer distances for care or face giving birth in an emergency room.
Fewer than half of rural hospitals have labor and delivery units and the number keeps dropping. It’s forcing pregnant women to travel longer distances for care or face giving birth in an emergency room (Sept. 17) (AP Video by Claire Rush, Kristin Hall, Manuel Valdes)
Fewer than half of rural hospitals have labor and delivery units and the number keeps dropping. It’s forcing pregnant women to travel longer distances for care or face giving birth in an emergency room (Sept. 17) (AP Video by Claire Rush, Kristin Hall, Manuel Valdes)
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Rural hospitals are closing maternity wards. People are seeking options to give birth closer to home - WNKY News 40 Television
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Closing rural labor and delivery services hurts babies - STAT
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Scripps Health to close maternity ward in Chula Vista, shift all labor and delivery to Hillcrest - The San Diego Union-Tribune
Rural Women Face Maternity Care Crisis as Hospitals Close Their Units, by Trendy Digests, Trendy Digests
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Rural hospitals are closing maternity wards. People are seeking options to give birth closer to home.
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Rural hospitals are closing maternity wards. People are seeking options to give birth closer to home - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
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Rural hospitals are closing maternity wards. People are seeking options to give birth closer to home
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CA hospitals close labor wards, limiting maternity care - CalMatters
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Two Alabama hospitals closing obstetrician units
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