Massachusetts Nurses Association Statement In Opposition to Proposed Closing of the Birthing Center at Leominster Hospital by UMass Memorial Health
LEOMINSTER, Mass., May 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- UMass Memorial Health, the largest health system in Central Massachusetts, has recently announced its intention to close the Birthing Center located at UMass Memorial HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital's Leominster Campus, a program that serves as the primary maternity program for residents throughout the communities of Greater Leominster and Fitchburg.
- I hate to think of what will happen to these folks if they are allowed to close the center."
- Nurses in the hospital's emergency department are also concerned about their ability to care for mothers and newborns without the Birthing Center.
- The Leominster nurses also take issue with the hospital's rationale for closing the service, where UMass claims it is due to staffing shortages.
- Founded in 1903, the Massachusetts Nurses Association is the largest union of registered nurses in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.