Vaughan Regional Medical Center Parkway Campus: labor and delivery in Selma, AL
Vaughan Regional Medical Center Parkway Campus is a hospital in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama that delivers babies. It handled 212 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 29% delivered by C-section (38 such births). That is above the Alabama rate of 28% and above the U.S. median of 26%.
- 29%First-birth C-section rate
- 212Deliveries in 2025
- YesBirthing-Friendly designation
- 329Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
- 2 of 5Patient survey stars
- 2 of 5Overall hospital stars
Birth services at Vaughan Regional Medical Center Parkway Campus
- Private labor and delivery rooms
- Epidural and pain relief options
- Lactation consultants
- Skin-to-skin time after birth
Tour, class and care-team details are on the hospital's maternity page.
Address and phone
1015 Medical Center Parkway
Selma, AL 36701
Dallas County
Call (334) 418-4100 Directions
- Emergency department: Yes
- Hospital type: Acute Care hospital
- Ownership: For-profit
How Vaughan Regional Medical Center Parkway Campus compares
| Measure, 2025 | This hospital | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-birth C-section rate | 29% | 28% | 26% (median) |
| Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries | 329 | 382 | 285 |
| Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000 | 56 | – | 68 |
Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Middle 50%.
In Alabama, Vaughan Regional Medical Center Parkway Campus has the 19th-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 33 hospitals that report one.
The first-birth C-section rate counts first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby. Complication rates are adjusted for patient risk. Our data explains each number.
What patients say
- Patient survey summary: 2 of 5 stars
- 47% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
- 53% of patients rated this hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
Survey results cover all patients at the hospital, not only maternity patients.
Birthing-Friendly designation
Vaughan Regional Medical Center Parkway Campus holds the federal Birthing-Friendly designation. Hospitals earn it by taking part in a perinatal quality collaborative and following maternal safety practices.
Other hospitals that deliver babies near Selma
| Hospital | City | Miles | First-birth C-section rate | Deliveries, 2025 | Birthing-Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bibb Medical Center | Centreville | 37 | – | 32 | Yes |
| Jackson Hospital & Clinic Inc. | Montgomery | 45 | 38% | 486 | Yes |
| Baptist Medical Center South | Montgomery | 46 | 31% | 570 | Yes |
| Baptist Medical Center East | Montgomery | 51 | 35% | 3,777 | Yes |
| Dch Regional Medical Center | Tuscaloosa | 61 | 29% | 2,573 | Yes |
| Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System | Bessemer | 65 | 37% | 463 | Yes |
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