Healey calls rural health access ‘critical' as Leominster birth ward to close Saturday
As advocates wait for an eleventh-hour intervention from Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey to save the embattled birthing center at UMass Memorial Ho...
As advocates wait for an eleventh-hour intervention from Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey to save the embattled birthing center at UMass Memorial Hospital's Leominster campus, Healey said Thursday her office is doing 'all that we can' to ensure access to birthing services in Central Massachusetts and across the state. An advocacy group has planned a candlelight vigil at the facility Thursday night at 7. The hospital has steadfastly maintained it will go through with the closure of the birthing center on Saturday , citing staffing shortages and a decline in the number of births that take place there.