Hospital Spurs Labor Pains
By Loren Bonner |
January 8th, 2008 | Share This
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Print- Published in: The Brooklyn Paper
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PREGNANT PAUSE: Victory Memorial Hospital, which is set to close, shut its labor and delivery unit 10 days earlier than expected, leaving moms-to-be in the lurch.
Dozens of women scheduled to give birth at Victory Memorial Hospital this holiday season had to find alternate sources of care weeks, even days, before giving birth.
Without a staff, the Bay Ridge hospital prematurely shut down its labor and delivery unit Dec. 21 — 10 days earlier than the original Dec. 31 date that was listed on employees’ termination letters.
Residents of Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Bensonhurst are already worried about Victory’s projected Feb. 1 closing date.
