Retiring Guy's Digest: GET ME REWRITE: MercyOne Maternal Transport Team shines light on lack of health care options in rural Iowa

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Headline: Des Moines Register, 11/19/2024

As Iowa continues to struggle with a lack of obstetric care in rural areas, MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center has unveiled an emergency response team to reach the far corners of the state to treat pregnant women struggling with labor and delivery.
MercyOne's Maternal Transport Team is a specialized service that deploys across Iowa to patients in rural areas with few obstetricians, or where obstetrics care is unavailable.
The hospital system created the new services, which have been in development for the past year, in light of Iowa's ongoing maternity care shortage, health system officials say.

Gee, I wonder how this lack of health care came about.