Luke’s president and CEO, in a statement at the time. “We made every effort to avoid eliminating the program," said Jennifer Montgomery, McLaren St. Luke's hospital, in Maumee, announced in May 2022 that its labor and delivery services were shutting down in September due to staffing, a decline in births and exclusion from an insurance company's plan. Vincent and brought doctors from the two hospitals together to offer a higher level of care, according to a statement from Mercy Health. The health system expanded maternity services at St. This hospital, near Toledo, closed its delivery services in December 2022, with patients being referred to St. "Summa Health remains committed to the Barberton community and we have no plans to eliminate inpatient services or to make wide ranging cuts across the campus," according to a statement from the health system. Pregnant but unequal: In rural America, maternal health care is vanishing. Summa Health said the change will allow it to better serve mothers-to-be, newborns and families as it has seen declining use of labor and delivery services at Barberton. The other campus is about 9.6 miles away. Summa Health System's Barberton Campus stopped offering delivery services in November 2022 and merged with the system's Akron City campus. Summa Health System - Barberton Campus in Barberton, Ohio The hospital system cited workforce shortages and declining patient volume as making it hard for them to continue providing quality services. The September announcement said the change would create a regional hub. This hospital, South of Cleveland, stopped delivery services in December 2022 and merged them with University Hospitals' Geauga Medical Center in Chardon, about 24 miles away. "We want to make sure the highest quality resources and support are available for our obstetric and newborn patients." University Hospitals Portage Medical Center in Ravenna, Ohio "A change such as this is never an easy decision to make," according to a statement from OhioHealth. Moms are dying: The rate of women dying in childbirth surged by 40%. OhioHealth said women can now deliver at its Mansfield Hospital, 13 miles away. This hospital, in North Central Ohio in Shelby, stopped offering delivery services in February 2023. OhioHealth Shelby Hospital in Shelby, Ohio The closure is "in order to offer the highest level of care to mothers and babies," according to a University Hospitals release. This location stopped offering labor and delivery services in mid-April 2023 and began routing patients to its TriPoint Family Birthing Center about 15 miles away. Here is a list of the 10 Ohio hospitals that have ceased labor and delivery services since June 2022: University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center in Willoughby Eight of Ohio’s 88 counties, mostly in eastern Ohio, don’t have a hospital. There are around 90 Ohio hospitals that offer maternity services, with 49 in rural areas and 42 in urban areas. Meanwhile, approximately 2 million women of childbearing age live at least 25 miles away from a labor and delivery unit, a 2022 USA TODAY analysis found. More: Babies delivered in cars: Rural Ohio's lack of maternity care affects nearly 100,000 women In Ohio, 13 of the 88 counties have little to no maternity care, and the state had the most women, approximately 97,000, impacted by overall reductions in access to care in the past two years, according to March of Dimes data. Some merged or moved to a partner hospital, but Palmer said the reasons given for the closures centered around workforce issues, operational costs and a decline in use due to fewer births in Ohio. Since June 2022, the Ohio Hospital Association has counted 10 maternity wards closing across the state, according to spokesman John Palmer. Access to maternity care continues to decline in the United States and in Ohio, with multiple maternity wards closing in the past year.
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