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Dr. Suzanne Dixon is a woman in a black shirt that's standing in the middle of a group of providers in scrubs. She's tasked with thinking about the future of maternity units and maternity care in the mountain region.
Posted inRural Health

When a rural maternity unit closes, alternatives are hard to come by

by Liora Engel-Smith February 24, 2020February 23, 2020

By Liora Engel-Smith The maternity unit in Macon County has been closed for almost three years, but as Jennifer Garrett sees it, nothing took its place. Garrett, clinical services administrator and director of nursing at Macon County Public Health, said having a maternal ward in town meant that pregnant women could go there right away […]

A large brick hospital building that belongs to Mission Health
Posted inHospitals

Independent monitor for hospital merger going public in big way

by Carolina Public Press January 28, 2020January 29, 2020
shows hospital building that's under construction
Posted inHospitals

Where is Mission Health’s independent monitor?

by Carolina Public Press October 29, 2019
shows the facade of one of Mission Hospital's buildings
Posted inConsumer News

Mission and HCA Agree to Terms of Potential Sale

by Mark Tosczak August 31, 2018
Posted inNC Health Briefs

Mountain Maternity Wards Closing, WNC Women’s Lives on the Line

by Carolina Public Press September 29, 2017September 29, 2017
Signs supporting Pungo Hospital dot the roadsides near Belhaven, a small coastal town. Belhaven's single stop light is visible in the distance in this 2014 photo.
Posted inRural Health

Rural Hospitals in Financial Distress

by Taylor Knopf September 29, 2017April 15, 2021

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