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Tag: maternal care deserts

Over two dozen people sit at chair and tables listening to a women in a yellow shirt speak
Posted inGender health

Plans underway to chart a more sustainable path for Chatham Maternity Care Center

by Rachel Crumpler December 15, 2022December 15, 2022

By Rachel Crumpler The maternity care center at UNC Chatham Hospital in Siler City has been on rocky footing since it opened in September 2020 in the middle of the worldwide COVID pandemic.  Despite the need in the fast-growing county that’s poised to add tens of thousands of new residents in the coming decade, maintaining […]

Baby doll lying in incubator at Chatham Maternity Care Center
Posted inGender health

Sustainability issues at Chatham Maternity Care Center could jeopardize unit’s future

by Rachel Crumpler October 27, 2022October 27, 2022
A photo of a room at the Chatham Hospital maternity unit. There's a hospital bed and some medical equipment and a sunny window
Posted inGender health

NC’s maternal care system gets a boost

by Liora Engel-Smith September 15, 2020September 14, 2020
A map of obstetrical deserts in North Carolina denotes the lack of maternity services in some rural areas in the state.
Posted inRural Health

Rural NC community that lost its maternity services to get a freestanding obstetrics clinic

by Liora Engel-Smith December 20, 2019December 19, 2019

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