Mills Asks MaineHealth Board to Delay Decision on Whether to Close Birthing Center

How a community in Maine is fighting to save their birthing center

With maternity care deserts growing around the country, a grassroots coalition in Maine launched a strategic attack to prevent the proposed closure of a rural labor and delivery center.

Maine Senate Republican Leader Calls on MaineHealth to Pause Lincoln Hospital Maternity Unit Closure

AUGUSTA, Maine — Assistant Senate Republican Leader Matt Harrington is urging MaineHealth to halt any immediate decision to eliminate labor and delivery services at Lincoln Hospital’s Miles Campus in Damariscotta, saying another rural maternity ward closure would further erode healthcare access for Maine families and place additional strain on neighboring hospitals. In a letter dated [...] The post Maine Senate Republican Leader Calls on MaineHe…

One Maine community's fight to save a birthing center

In mid-coast Maine a grassroots coalition is fighting to prevent the proposed closure of Miles Hospital's labor and delivery center.

Mills asks MaineHealth board to delay decision on whether to close birthing center

The MaineHealth board is set to vote on Thursday about whether to shutter the birthing center at Lincoln Hospital.

Community group battling for Lincoln County's only labor and delivery unit

Shortly after the announcement that MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital's Miles Campus is potentially facing closure, community members pushed back.

Dozens rally ahead of MaineHealth board vote on closure of Damariscotta birthing unit

A crowd urged MaineHealth to keep the Lincoln Hospital birthing unit open as Mainers raise concerns over rural healthcare access.