Holyoke Medical Center To Close Maternity Services Unit

Holyoke Medical Center issued a formal notice to state health officials about its decision to permanently close its maternity services unit on October 1, 2020. The 90-day notice sent to the state Department of Public Health from the hospital comes exactly one month after the medical center notified the state of its intention to permanently close its 13-bed obstetrics unit and 10-bassinet infant nursery.

The hospital’s Birthing Center was temporarily closed in early April to house individuals from the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home.  A public hearing on the medical center’s proposal to close its Birthing Center . . .