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Rural Birth Care ‘Crisis’ Looms Amid Staff Shortages

Rural Birth Care ‘Crisis’ Looms Amid Staff Shortages
A pregnant woman holds her stomach June 7, 2006 in Sydney, Australia. Ian Waldie/Getty Images
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3/28/2025|Updated: 3/28/2025
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One rural birthing unit “teeters on the brink” and goes from “one disaster to the next” due to severe staff shortages.

Another maternity service in a farming town of 15,000 closed four years after opening its doors, forcing specialists and medical workers out of town.

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