MDI Hospital closing labor and delivery unit

MDI Hospital to close its labor and delivery unit

The hospital announced March 27 that it will close its Labor and Delivery Unit effective July 1, citing a dramatic decline in births.

MDI Hospital to close its birthing unit

Mount Desert Island Hospital announced Thursday that it will close its labor and delivery unit effective July 1 — making it the tenth Maine hospital to announce such a closure in the past decade. Chrissi Maguire, the hospital’s president and CEO, said the primary reason was a steep decline in birth rates, which in turn made it difficult for staff to keep up with required skills. The hospital delivered 32 babies last year — a nearly 46 percent de…

CT legislators OK bill to restrict closures of labor and delivery units

This story has been updated. Legislators in the Public Health Committee on Wednesday passed a bill that would prevent the closure of certain labor and delivery units in response to cuts in recent years to maternal care in rural areas of the state. House Bill 1539 would require the state to deny permission to any hospital seeking to close its labor and delivery unit if there isn’t an alternative unit within 25 miles. The bill would also make othe…

MDI Hospital closing labor and delivery unit

MDI Hospital announced Thursday that it is closing its Labor and Delivery Unit.

MDI Hospital to close labor and delivery unit, citing declining birth rates

"This is deeply personal for me—I gave birth to both of my children here," MDI Hospital President and CEO Chrissi Maguire said in a press release.

Mount Desert Island Hospital Nurses Condemn Obstetrics Closure

Union nurses at Mount Desert Island Hospital are fiercely critical of today’s announcement by CEO Chrissi Maguire that she will close the hospital’s obstetrics department on July 1, 2025.