Leominster hospital maternity unit set to close Saturday
Lawsuit over closure is filed as Governor orders a review of the impact.
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Lawsuit over closure is filed as Governor orders a review of the impact.
LEOMINSTER, MASS. (WHDH) - The state Department of Public Health has delayed the closure of the maternity ward at the Leominster campus UMass Memorial Health<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/state-dph-delays-closure-of-leominster-maternity-ward/">Read More</a>
LEOMINSTER, MASS. (WHDH) - The clock is ticking for the birthing center on the Leominster campus of UMass Memorial Health Alliance-Clinton Hospital, which is set<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/umass-memorial-health-moving-forward-with-plan-to-close-leominster-birthing-center-in-september/">Read More</a>
Nurses say they are not happy with the response submitted by Massachusetts hospital officials over concerns that a birthing center closure could leave expectant mothers without adequate care.
Can the state’s determination of an essential service and a host of protesting legislators, nurses and everyday citizens get the UMass Memorial Health system to blink? That appears to be the only path for the survival of Leominster Hospital’s maternity unit, which is scheduled for closure in September.