Since the end of 2020, 124 rural hospitals have closed their maternity units or shared plans to close them before 2026 is over, representing a 12% reduction in rural labor and delivery services, ...

Amid ongoing financial challenges, workforce shortages and declining birth rates, many hospitals and health systems are being forced to close maternity services in 2025. A Center for Healthcare ...

KETSCHKE WMUR NEWS NINE. ROSS. THANK YOU. MORE NEWS FROM THAT MEETING TONIGHT, BY THE WAY. DARTMOUTH HEALTH SAYS IT WILL BE MOVING THE LABOR AND DELIVERY SERVICES CURRENTLY OFFERED AT CMC TO ELIOT ...

More rural hospitals have closed or are planning to close their labor and delivery units in 2025 than in 2024, bringing the total number of closures since the end of 2020 to 116, according to the ...

More rural hospitals shut down labor and delivery units this year as the providers faced mounting financial challenges, according to a new report by the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment ...

NUMBERS START TO DIP AGAIN. ALL IN YOUR FORECAST COMING UP. TIFF COVERING THE TREASURE COAST IN APRIL. WOMEN LOOKING TO GIVE BIRTH AT A MARTIN COUNTY HOSPITAL WILL HAVE TO LOOK ELSEWHERE. THE NEWS ...

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"This is how you kill a small city,” said Rodney Alexander, during a protest against labor and delivery unit closures on the steps of the state Capitol in November 2023. Alexander is a member of the ...

Delivering a baby is hard work. Aptly named labor, the process before childbirth can be physically and emotionally taxing — and even painful. While no two patients experience labor and delivery the ...