‘Expensive and complicated’: Most rural hospitals no longer deliver babies • Missouri Independent

‘Expensive and complicated’: Most rural hospitals no longer deliver babies • Missouri Independent

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"Expensive and complicated": most rural hospitals no longer deliver babies

(Missouri Independent) – Nine months after Monroe County Hospital in rural South Alabama closed its labor and delivery department in October 2023, Grove Hill Memorial Hospital in neighboring Clarke County also stopped delivering babies. Both hospitals are located in an agricultural swath of the state that’s home to most of its poorest counties. Many residents […] The post “Expensive and complicated”: most rural hospitals no longer deliver babies…