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Jasper native Hillary McMurry Hickland, who now lives in Belton, has announced her candidacy for State Representative for District 55, which served the Bell County area in Central Texas.
Women in deep East Texas drive over an hour to give birth after the last obstetrics unit in the area closed in 2019. But if closing the unit was hard, reopening it is proving nearly impossible.
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Women in Deep East Texas drive over an hour to give birth after the last obstetrics unit in the area closed in 2019. But if closing the unit was hard, reopening it is proving nearly impossible.
Jasper Memorial Hospital has joined the 60% of rural Texas hospitals that no longer deliver babies, leaving this corner of the state a virtual maternity care desert
The future looks bleak for the former Dickerson Memorial Hospital here in Jasper.