NC has plenty of doctors and nurses to deliver babies, but rural counties still go without

By: Lynn Bonner

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: March 10, 2026

Words: 620

Last Updated: 4 months, 4 weeks ago

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Women in 28 of the state’s 100 counties will not find a hospital, doctor, or certified nurse midwife in their county to deliver their babies.

The state has the medical personnel trained to deliver babies. The Sheps Center on Health Services Research found that North Carolina has increased its maternal health care workforce since 2005, with 909 OBGYNs performing deliveries, up from 708. But those providers are concentrated in urban areas.

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