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Board discusses MetroWest nursery closure hearing, grants, staffing and mobile unit plans
Summary
Board members discussed a Department of Public Health hearing April 9 on MetroWest Medical Center’s proposed reduction of neonatal nursery services, updates on multiple grants including an $18,500 FDA food‑safety award and potential homelessness and opioid‑related funds, and staffing and mobile‑unit plans for outreach.
Members of the Framingham City Board of Health spent the April 8 meeting discussing a state Department of Public Health hearing set for April 9 on MetroWest Medical Center’s proposed change to neonatal nursery services and updates on department grants, staffing and a planned mobile medical unit.
The board announced the DPH hearing at Nevins Hall on April 9 to review MetroWest’s plan to reduce the level of nursery services it currently provides. Staff described the city’s and union representatives’ concerns that reducing a Level 2b nursery to a lower level would require transfers of infants needing antibiotics or respiratory…
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