A March 2026 investigative report in The Cut (New York Magazine, author Irin Carmon) examined the Alexandra Cohen Hospital for Women and Newborns, the busiest birth hospital inside NYP/Weill Cornell’s David H.
I worked at a hospital in SW Michigan, the only facility in a 9 county radius that had MFM providers - L&D was in a different building 1/4 mile away from the main hospital. Lost a mom of triplets due to hemorrhage and not getting enough blood quickly enough. That was one case, there were others.
Women’s health is still marginalized at every level in every community.
Great comment. And "across the street" in New York might as well be a mile away. As we know, even a low risk birth center benefits from being one floor just below L&D in the same building.
I worked at a hospital in SW Michigan, the only facility in a 9 county radius that had MFM providers - L&D was in a different building 1/4 mile away from the main hospital. Lost a mom of triplets due to hemorrhage and not getting enough blood quickly enough. That was one case, there were others.
Women’s health is still marginalized at every level in every community.
Great comment. And "across the street" in New York might as well be a mile away. As we know, even a low risk birth center benefits from being one floor just below L&D in the same building.