Providence Seaside Hospital to end labor and delivery services

Providence Seaside Hospital to end labor and delivery services

Alternative maternity care for expecting mothers in Seaside is 30 minutes away.

Providence’s hospital in Seaside, Oregon to close maternity unit

Providence executives said the falling birthrate in Clatsop county and a shortage of skilled physicians and nurses are driving the closure.

Providence to cease labor and delivery services at Seaside hospital

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Amid a “historic reset” for Oregon’s health care landscape, Providence will soon cease inpatient obstetric and newborn care services at one of its facilities along the coast. On Tuesday, the health system announced that Providence Seaside Hospital will no longer offer "labor and delivery, well-newborn inpatient care, and outpatient prenatal/surgical gynecologic care with an OB/GYN physician” starting on Oct. 4. Portl…