Texas’ ‘maternity deserts’ grow as staff shortages close rural labor and delivery units

Jan. 20 (UPI) — A COUPLE OF weeks in the past, a girl gave beginning at Hereford Local Clinical Middle, a important get entry to medical institution in the Texas Panhandle.

Or, rather, the girl gave delivery in the parking lot at Hereford Nearby Medical Center after using over an hour to get there, in step with Jeff Barnhart, the clinic’s leader executive.