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Department of Public Health orders MetroWest Medical Center to submit plan to maintain special-care nursery services
Summary
The city’s mayor reported that the Massachusetts Department of Public Health found local testimony persuasive and required MetroWest Medical Center to submit a plan, within 15 days of receiving the letter, explaining how neonatal special-care nursery services will be maintained or alternatives considered.
Mayor Charlie Cycinski told the City Council that the Massachusetts Department of Public Health has issued a written finding that services at MetroWest Medical Center are necessary to preserve access and health status in the hospital’s service area.
The mayor said the department “has made a finding that the services provided by the hospital are in fact necessary for preserving access and health status within the hospital service area.” He added that the hospital was “required to prepare a plan that details how access to special care nursery…
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