“Babies Before Big Bucks” and “Leave Labor in Leominster” read some of the signs at recent protests pushing to keep UMass Memorial Health’s Leominster maternity ward open. The hospital ...

LATEST LIVE IN OUR NEWSROOM. ERICA AND MARIA, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SAYS THE BIRTHING CENTER AT LEOMINSTER HOSPITAL IS, QUOTE, NECESSARY FOR PRESERVING ACCESS AND HEALTH STATUS WITHIN ...

LEOMINSTER - The clock has run out for the Birthing Center at UMass Memorial Health Alliance-Clinton Hospital in Leominster. It closed its doors for good on Saturday night. The news is devastating ...

The Department of Public Health said UMass Memorial must assure continued access to labor and delivery services in the area. The state is requiring UMass Memorial Health to submit detailed ...

UMass Memorial Health said the birthing center at Leominster Hospital will cease operations at 11:59 p.m. on Saturday after months of controversy and several state efforts to delay the closure.

A review of the state’s essential hospital closure process does not state that the DPH is required to issue a final closure letter. Transportation is a big concern, said Leominster Mayor Dean J.