Report: 1 in 7 Wisconsin counties lack obstetric clinicians, birthing facilities

New data from the nonprofit March of Dimes finds nearly 40,000 women from 15 through 44 years old in Wisconsin live in a maternity care desert — and that travel times for care increased after the closure of several rural hospitals in central and western Wisconsin. The post Report: 1 in 7 Wisconsin counties lack obstetric clinicians, birthing facilities appeared first on WPR.

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