Future uncertain for mobile clinics that fill gaps for SW Arkansas moms

Future uncertain for mobile clinics that fill gaps for SW Arkansas moms

(Getty Images)Nashville resident Emily Young delivered her first child nearly two hours away from home in 2023 and will do the same with her second in December. The closest in-state labor and delivery unit to Young’s home is Hot Springs’ CHI St. Vincent hospital. Even routine prenatal medical appointments required Young to take time off work during her first pregnancy, she said, but this time CHI’s AR MOMS system of mobile health clinics has all…