As rural maternity care units close, Missouri families lose options

As rural maternity care units close, Missouri families lose options

As health care services become more difficult to access, chronic conditions rise and lead to more complicated pregnancies (Naomi O'Donnell/The Beacon).For Dr. Kelsey Davis-Humes, practicing medicine in rural Missouri is a way of life. She’s on call almost constantly in northeast Missouri’s Scotland County, where she cares for patients from their birth until their death. As an osteopath practicing in a rural community, part of her job includes ca…