Healey will not stop Leominster maternity unit from closing
WORCESTER — Gov. Maura Healey will not use her executive powers to stop UMass Memorial Health from closing its maternity unit in Leominster. The un...
WORCESTER — Gov. Maura Healey will not use her executive powers to stop UMass Memorial Health from closing its maternity unit in Leominster. The unit is set to be permanently shut down at midnight Saturday, and advocates had been calling on the governor to intervene. However, a lawsuit expected to filed by the city of Leominster in an effort to block the closure. Healey on Friday did ask the state Department of Public Health to do a statewide study on maternal health care in Massachusetts, and a second study to assess essential hospital services in North Central Massachusetts.