How The Closing Of Small, Rural Hospitals Is Contributing To A Bigger Maternal Health Crisis



Financial challenges and low patient count are why many rural hospitals close down but with this comes an increase in the proximity to the nearest hospital and the risk of medical emergencies. NBC News’ Steven Romo reports on how this can affect maternal care and problems that arise through pregnancy.
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20 comments

  1. HEY EVERYONE. Life is like a TV remote. sometimes u need to stand up to change it

  2. This has been happening for decades in America even prior to the pandemic

  3. On any given day in a hospital, you can find people having best day of their life, the worst day of their life, the first day of their life, and the last day of their life all under one roof.

  4. Rural communities and white Christian conservatives cared nothing for me and those like me. I am sorry but you cannot ask me to care for them. This is the karma result of their cruelty.

  5. Just birth at home, so only the strong survive. NATURAL SELECTION should be allowed to happen.

  6. This has been happening for years in Oklahoma at least the last ten I’ve been in healthcare

  7. oh boohoo. Trump told me that the tax cuts would trickle down. we don't need a robust healthcare system and safety net

  8. Healthcare is important. That's all.

  9. It's all part of the deep states plan to control the world.

  10. Vaccine mandates are evil

  11. Happened in my hometown of 337 it’s really sad.

  12. so half of the united state is making women have babies, and closing down their hospital? sounds like they're trying to k-ll off women to meπŸ€”

  13. O great these dang socialist Democrats are closing hospitals now?!

  14. Combine this with the new abortion restrictions and we will have many more women dying.

  15. And they outlaw abortion great!

  16. To hospitals in my area were shut down just recently and one of the hospitals was just built back in 2014 so it's not very old don't understand how companies that own these hospitals can allow them to be shut down when they know they're needed I think that should be illegal

  17. Something doesn't add up

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