Maine’s Waldo Hospital will end birthing services in April 2025 [Video]

ARE OUTSIDE. SYMPTOMS FROM áTRIPLE-Eá CAN TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS TO APPEAR. MAINE HEALTH ANNOUNCING TODAY THEY’LL NO LONGER PROVIDE LABOR AND DELIVERY SERVICES AT ITS BELFAST HOSPITAL STARTING EARLY NEXT YEAR… THE DECISION TO RESTRUCTURE THE DEPARTMENT WAS RATIFIED BY ITS BOARD OF TRUSTEES EARLIER TODAY…. BONNIE BISHOP JOINS US AND BONNIE–WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR FAMILIES? KATHLEEN … EXPECTING PARENTS WILL HAVE TO SEEK TREATMENT FROM OTHER HOSPITALS FOR THEIR DELIVERY… ITS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT MAINEHEALTH WALDO áWILLá STILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE PRE AND POST NATAL CARE AFTER THIS TRANSITION IS MADE…. THEY SAY THAT THIS WAS NOT AN EASY DECISION… BUT BELIEVE PATIENTS WILL HAVE BETTER ACCESS TO CARE IF BABIES ARE DELIEVERED AT LARGER HOSPITALS CLOSE BY… MAINEHEALTH SAYS THAT SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES LED TO THIS DECISION… INCLUDING LOW BIRTH RATES WITH ROUGHLY A 20 PERCENT DECLINE SINCE 2019… AND DIFFICULTY TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN THE …