Overview
- The Family Life Center cited persistent provider and nurse shortages after months of recruitment efforts.
- Certified nurse midwives, collaborating with physicians, will continue prenatal and postnatal care at outpatient sites across western Massachusetts.
- Human Resources is working with affected employees to identify roles elsewhere in the system during the pause.
- Mercy has informed the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and says it is following required regulatory steps.
- The hospital, part of Trinity Health of New England, says it is pursuing options to restore continuous, safe maternity services.