I think the trial lawyers are responsible for a lot of maternity wards closing. Our regional hospital, which is not “small” by any means, stopped delivering babies ten years ago. When I asked one of the administrators why, she responded that the liability insurance was just simply prohibitive.
That’s not the case in my example. (My wife is on the “Executive” team that deals with that stuff here. I’ve eavesdropped on the calls—she sits at the kitchen table when working from home. Ha ha)
The “network” we have here has multiple hospitals with 45 minutes of each other. It is more likely the patents and docs prefer to go to a place that has NICUs, “just in case.” I think that patients look at the “country” hospital as less capable. Aside from a high risk situation, that’s simply not true. But try telling a pregnant 30 year old “professional” that.
So, no patients…then no doc is going to go there…then there is no need for support staff…and all of a sudden there isn’t a hospital.
True that. It is docs and nurses are leaving in general
When your insurance cost for a single doc per year is half a mil docs just hang it up