Overview
- Ramsay Santé announced that the Hôpital de l’Ouest parisien in Trappes will cease handling births from December 1, 2026 while keeping pregnancy follow-up services.
- The operator justifies the change by pointing to low birth volumes at the site, which recorded 682 births in 2024, the fewest in the Yvelines.
- Local officials and the regional health agency have publicly opposed the plan and maternity staff launched an online petition that has gathered more than 5,000 signatures.
- Actor Omar Sy, who was born at the Trappes maternity, posted on social media condemning the move and calling it an attack on community memory and on proximity care.
- If deliveries stop, expectant mothers will face longer travel to alternatives roughly 16 to 21 km away and critics say the decision spotlights tensions over private hospital economics and public-service obligations after other recent Ramsay maternity closures.