UMass Memorial Medical Center “failed miserably” in its plan to maintain access to maternal care after the proposed closure of a Leominster birthing center, the city’s mayor contended Tuesday in a plea for state regulators to take a more forceful approach. Leominster Mayor Dean Mazzarella asked the Department of Public Health, where officials have said they do not have authority…
Hospital officials at UMass Memorial Medical Center proposed closing the maternity inpatient unit in Leominster, effective Sept. 22, 2023UMass Memorial Medical Center"failed miserably" in its plan to maintain access to maternal care after the proposed closure of a Leominster birthing center, the city's mayor contended Tuesday in a plea for state regulators to take a more forceful approach.
"The regulations don't call for a plan to submit a plan. The regulations call for a comprehensive plan on how expectant mothers are going to access services from prenatal through postpartum care in our region," Mazzarella said in a statement."The Hospital failed miserably at the task." The hospital saw an average of two births per day in 2017, and that has since dropped to 1.3 births per day on average through most of fiscal year 2023, UMass Memorial wrote in its closure plan.
"I was truly shocked to see the Hospital's lack of effort," Mazzarella said."Using MapQuest.com to determine drive times instead of real time traffic data is just one example of the lack of importance the Hospital places on this process."
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