HealthSunday, November 8
Trumbull County rallies as St. Joseph Warren prepares to end labor and delivery in early December
The Daily Youngstown team
If you're expecting in Trumbull County, here's where things stand. Mercy Health announced Oct. 28 that labor and delivery services will end at St. Joseph Warren Hospital in early December, with obstetrician services shifting to St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital.
Labor and delivery will end at St. Joseph Warren in early December
- Oct. 28Mercy Health announces labor and delivery will end at St. Joseph Warren.
- Nov. 7Dozens rally outside St. Joseph Warren Hospital.
- Early Dec.Labor and delivery services at St. Joseph Warren will end.
Sources: WYTV, WFMJ, Star Beacon
Dozens of people rallied outside the hospital Saturday. Commissioner Rick Hernandez said, "There's no way that I believe we can deliver a thousand more babies at the Boardman campus as what they do here on a yearly basis." Commissioner-elect Kristen Rock joined them.
- Warren unit becomes a 25-bed inpatient unit
- Obstetrician services move to Boardman, in Mahoning County
Warren Mayor Doug Franklin is planning for it either way: "I have to plan for if they're going to follow through on their decision." Health Commissioner Frank Migliozzi said Thursday the county health district has a framework for helping pregnant women through the transition. Commissioners have also filed a Medicaid complaint.
30 minutesthe care standard Kristen Rock says Boardman trips exceed
Commissioner-elect Rock says travel from Northern Trumbull County to Boardman exceeds the 30-minute standard for care for expectant mothers.
Source: WFMJ
Sources: WYTV, WFMJ, Tribune Chronicle, Star Beacon