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Many women in Culpeper are having difficulty finding obstetricians to deliver their babies, and the situation may get worse.
“Because of the external factors that confront the practice of obstetrics, I am very worried that Culpeper could unfortunately be without anyone to deliver babies in the future,” said Bill Gravely, president of Culpeper Memorial Hospital.
High insurance premiums and increasing risks of being sued have created “a serious threat to the delivery of obstetrical care in this nation,” concluded a committee of 15 experts called together by the Institute of Medicine, a branch of the National Academy of Sciences.
In Culpeper these threats have reduced the number of local obstetricians to one. Dr. Peter Godfrey is the only obstetrician who delivers babies to Culpeper Memorial Hospital. The hospital’s medical staff development plan shows that the area needs three obstetricians. Culpeper is already facing a crisis in obstetrics.
“Due to circumstances beyond our control, we cannot attract sufficient physicians to meet the need that currently exists,” said Mr. Gravely.
With the help of two recruiting firms, Dr. Godfrey and CMH have been searching for 18 months for an associate to replace Dr. Russell Moy.
“Although Culpeper has had no
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