As larger urban hospitals face staffing shortages and capacity limits, rural hospitals like Doctors Memorial are more critical than ever and offer patients care closer to home. In a visit to the town of Chipley, the group saw firsthand how USDA funds were used to upgrade the town’s police...
We have a belief that doctors may ask different questions. We always feel fear when answering these questions; so, we rarely go to them [clinics]. We especially feel too shy to share our sexual behaviours with those doctors (Rural married females, 15-24, Nepal) [25]. In a few instances...
Last December, Lutter went to check on a sick bison calf. The animal was in the same pen as Bill, a 3-year-old bull that was like a family pet. "We raised him from a tiny little calf, and I always told everybody he thinks I'm his mother. He just followed me everywhere," Lutt...
The survey also mentioned the initiatives the government has taken to address the shortage of doctors. At present, according to Union Health Ministry India data, there is an overall shortfall of 76.1% in specialist doctors at the Community Health Centers (CHCs) in rural areas of India as ...
two states where both maternal and infant mortality are persistently high. She moved in with her mother and grandfather near Cairo, an agricultural community where the hospital has a busy labor and delivery unit. Magloire and other doctors at the local clinic where she works deliver hundreds of ...
Doctors of Medicine (MDs) per 10,000 People. Rural Data Explorer. 2021. https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/data-explorer?id=200&state=TX. Accessed 5 Aug 2024. Rural Health Information Hub. Dentists per 10,000 People. Rural Data Explorer. 2022. https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/data-explorer...
“The environmentalists and doctors who have never even been on a farm and do not know what it’s like to manage animals, they go too far … They especially do not know what it’s like to have a mountain farm … There is a new rule that the calves cannot be tied up in the stal...
Lastly, quantitative data illustrate that delivery of the majority (48.5%) of the cases was cared for by nurses, 44.6% by doctors and 6.9% by TBAs. The qualitative data demonstrates staff shortages, health-care providers with negative attitudes, staff slowness in service, and demotivated staff....
Remote and scarcely populated areas had poor access to medical services and equipment, especially at night and on weekends [40,45,47,49,50]. In addition, out-of-hours prescriptions became a problem due to the shortage of local doctors [48]. Due to long distances, health professionals were ...
in developing countries have no access to healthcare facilities in the near distance and have less chance to receive healthcare from doctors, health officers, nurses or midwives. In response to this critical problems, many countries have been investing heavily in community based primary health care...