Record #:

43649

Author(s):

Thompson, Sarah

Abstract:

"Before Cannon Memorial Hospital's labor and delivery unit closed in 2015, Dr. Benjamin Gilmer delivered one of the last babies to be born in an Avery County hospital. the unit where his cousins were born is gone because it was no longer seen as cost-effective to provide obstetrical care in the county." Gilmer is the Rural Health Initiative director with Mountain Area Health Education Center.

Source:

Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 55 Issue 2, February 2023, p8-9, il, map

Subject(s):

Mountain Area Health Education Center; Rural health service