Midwifery advocates protest clinic closure in attempt to save service
With one of the few midwifery clinics in the Eugene-Springfield area set to close in July, patients and advocates staged a protest on Friday to encourage officials to keep it
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With one of the few midwifery clinics in the Eugene-Springfield area set to close in July, patients and advocates staged a protest on Friday to encourage officials to keep it
The 70 women expecting to give birth this summer at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center in Springfield are still reeling from the announcement that the facility is closing its midwifery practice the first week of July.
Oregon hospital system closes midwifery unit less than four years after launch
McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center in Springfield says its maternity health practice, McKenzie Midwives, will close in less than three months.
McKenzie Midwives and Lactation Services will be closing down by July. This news comes as a shock to many soon-to-be mothers and midwives in the area.