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No More Babies at Area Hospital

By: Charlotte Ames
Updated: January 15, 2013
A hospital in our region will close its obstetrics program. Windber Medical Center announced that it will stop delivering babies by the end of March.

The hospital says during the transition period, it'll will work closely with  expectant mothers and is in preliminary discussions with local providers to accommodate future births.

The OB department will be used to house surgical services. 


 

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Charlotte Ames is the area's only local Health Reporter and brings you the latest medical health news weeknights.  You can catch Healthcast on WTAJ News at 5:00pm and her Health Headlines report on WTAJ News at 5:30pm.

If you have a Health related story that you would like to see on WTAJ News, please email Charlotte at cames@wtajtv.com.
 
 
 
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