Seit 2010 haben über 500 Krankenhäuser ihre Entbindungsstationen geschlossen, so dass die meisten ländlichen Krankenhäuser und mehr als ein Drittel der städtischen Krankenhäuser keine geburtshilfliche Versorgung mehr haben
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/health/maternity-wards-closing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hU4.Eohi.PnZz98yN_d9Y
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Direct link to the peer-reviewed study: [K. B. Kozhimannil, _et al._, Obstetric Care Access at Rural and Urban Hospitals in the United States, _JAMA_ (2024).](https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.23010)
No kidding, I have a friend who’s in her third month of pregnancy and she’s has to drive two hours away to the capital city of our state cause it’s the only place to go get Healthcare at all
This is what rural America wants.
That is terrifying, my pregnancy ended two months ago in a life threatening situation. I don’t know how many hours I would have had left if I couldn’t receive immediate emergency medical care.
wHy’S nObOdY hAvInG kIds!1!1!!