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A town of 9000 still has a labor and delivery unit? Where I grew up (rural Canada, near municipalities roughly the same size as this) the only hospital that del
by bennettnate5 4y ago
A town of 9000 still has a labor and delivery unit? Where I grew up (rural Canada, near municipalities roughly the same size as this) the only hospital that delivered was in the nearby city that had a population of 100k. Depending on where you lived, it was a 50 mile drive, and this was not considered all that unreasonable by locals.
This seems more like the story of a hospital unit that needed to find a reason to shut down their dwindling L&D unit to cut costs, so they cite a hot topic and get press on it to save face...
- lokar 4y agoIt could draw from surrounding areas
- DoreenMichele 4y agoAccording to Wikipedia, Sandpoint does draw from the surrounding area, at least commercially. And yet this is from the featured article: The hospital’s statement also said that the closure comes as the number of deliveries at Bonner continues to decline, with only 265 babies delivered last year and fewer than 10 pediatric patients admitted
- paulddraper 4y agoI live in a city of 80,000 (Lehi, UT). Birth rate is 50% higher then national average. There's no labor and delivery hospital in this city. It's difficult and resource intensive.