HATFIELD TWP. — On Tuesday, the final patient was admitted to the maternity ward at Lansdale Hospital.
The closing of the maternity ward and the obstetric unit at Lansdale Hospital makes it the 39th to close in Pennsylvania.
For the Center for Women’s Health of Lansdale, that means staying on as consultants at the hospital, but moving services to Grand View Hospital in West Rockhill.
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By contrast, Kraus said the maternity unit had only 31 percent occupancy last year, when it lost $2.7 million. In 1978, the hospital delivered 1,770 babies; that was down to 640 births last year, the hospital said.
Kraus said an obstetrician will be on-call at Brookhaven and that emergency department staff are fully trained to deliver babies in emergencies. A separate room in the department will be dedicated to maternity care and Stony Brook will Read the rest of this entry »

HATFIELD TWP. — At 12:0-1 a.m. Sunday, the maternity ward and birthing center will shut its doors forever at Lansdale Hospital —formerly known as Central Montgomery Medical Center, North Penn Hospital and Elm Terrace Hospital.
This means expectant mothers who used to deliver at the local facility will have to drive to Abington Memorial Hospital or Grand View Hospital in West Rockhill.
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Philadelphia-Area Hospital Plans Maternity Unit Closure, Joins 15 Other Recent Closures In Region
The maternity unit at Philadelphia’s Chestnut Hill Hospital will close on Nov. 7, joining 15 other hospitals in the region in
their maternity units since 1997, the
reports. Only seven hospitals in Philadelphia will offer obstetrical care after Chestnut Hill closes its maternity unit, according to the
. Most experts have said the maternity units Read the rest of this entry »