UMass Memorial to close maternity ward
Amid protests, UMass Memorial Health plans to close the maternity ward at its HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital due to staff shortages and declining births.
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Amid protests, UMass Memorial Health plans to close the maternity ward at its HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital due to staff shortages and declining births.
UMass Memorial Health intends to shut down its maternity ward at the HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital, Leominster Campus this fall. Legislators and the nurses union oppose the proposal.
UMass Memorial cites a staff shortage and low birth rates for its decision, but it is declining to release the numbers.
UMass has submitted a proposal to close the birth center at the Leominster campus of HealthAlliance - Clinton Hospital. A union weighs in.
The maternity ward at Leominster Hospital is facing closure in the fall by the UMass Memorial Health system that owns it, causing condemnation from the entire North Central Massachusetts legislative delegation and a planned protest rally on Tuesday.