Health care giant to close St. Francis Hospital Birthing Center on Dec. 23. Staff and patients see new hurdles for expecting mothers.
Tag: hospital
Posted inHealth & Welfare
Catholics run one-third of Wisconsin hospitals, putting many reproductive procedures off-limits
A retired obstetrician says Catholic restrictions kept her from providing the best care to patients: ‘When you have a moral conflict like that, it eats away at you.’
Posted inHealth & Welfare
Catholic hospitals often only choice for women of color in Milwaukee
Expectant mothers in Milwaukee County have a wealth of hospitals to choose from. For the county’s black and Hispanic women, however, the choice is often a false one.
Posted inHealth & Welfare
We need your help reporting on religious health restrictions in Wisconsin’s Catholic hospitals
Catholic hospitals can refuse to provide certain types of reproductive care – even when doing so can be more costly, inconvenient or put a woman’s health at risk. If you’ve been impacted, contact us.
Posted inHealth & Welfare, Seeking a Cure: The Quest to Save Rural Hospitals
Rural Wisconsin communities seek paths to better health care future
Economic development is seen as one way to make communities and their residents healthier, while drawing and keeping doctors.