More Than Half of Rural Counties Don't Have a Hospital Where Women Can Give Birth

At Meadows Regional Medical Center in rural Vidalia, Ga., the number of babies born each year has more than doubled over the last 15 years — increasing from about 400 births in 2000 to more than 800 in recent years, according to the hospital's chief executive Alan Kent.

"More Than Half of Rural Counties Don't Have a Hospital Where Women Can Give Birth" is from the September 05, 2017 Wonkblog section of The Washington Post. It was written by Carolyn Y. Johnson and narrated by Sam Scholl.