BAKO HOSPITAL RANKS WELL FOR C-SECTIONS

Dignity Health Memorial Hospital in northeast Bakersfield has been ranked Number 5 in the U.S. for the low number of C-sections used to deliver babies, which is where the fetus is surgically removed from the mother’s womb. Memorial has a 13-percent Cesearean deliver rate while the national average is 25.8-percent. The hospital credits their 24-hour OB Hospitalist program that opened in 2012 for the top rating, the program is a safety net for women in labor and for emergency deliveries where there’s an immediate need for the services of an OB/GYN.

Suzanne Grant