Stuart city commissioners and several residents are seeking solutions as the only labor and delivery unit in Martin County is ...

Hannah Jarand gave birth to a baby boy at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, her fourth child born at the Portland hospital. Jarand’s previous pregnancies had complications, so this one — her ...

The former nurse also tells FOX19 NOW that current ... patients affected by the closure of the Mercy Health-West OB labor and delivery unit: “As the largest provider of maternity services ...

The cost of maintaining obstetric services, shortages of labor and delivery clinicians and nurses and safety are among the reasons that hospitals shut the units down, says Katy Kozhimannil ...

Labor and delivery units that are adequately staffed by nurses have lower cesarean birth rates, according to new research ...

Nurses at Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital are trying to alert the public about last month’s closure of its obstetrics unit. Inpatient labor and delivery ended at the hospital as of Dec. 31. Aspirus ...