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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

By Liora Engel-Smith North Carolina’s rural maternal health crisis is an almost identical story of unit closures from the mountains to the coastal plain. It often goes something like this: A cash-strapped rural hospital does away with the maternity care unit because it’s too expensive to run in an area with relatively few deliveries. The […]

A patient in a wheelchair is cheering, around her medical providers and family members do a thumbs up. The patient recovered from coronavirus at a hospital in eastern North Carolina. Another hospital system in the region, vidant health, is experiencing financial difficulties because of coronavirus
Posted inInfectious Disease

Eastern North Carolina hospitals cope with the financial realities of coronavirus

by Liora Engel-Smith May 1, 2020April 30, 2020
A little boy is on his dad's arm, looking at a baby through a window at Martin General Hospital, which will soon stop offering maternity services
Posted inHospitals

Eastern NC hospital nixes maternity services

by Liora Engel-Smith September 30, 2019December 3, 2019

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