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Doctors and advisory board urge county action after plan to close Memorial Hospital pediatric ward

Sonoma County Board of Supervisors · December 9, 2025
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Summary

Local pediatricians, health board members and advocates told the Board of Supervisors that Providence’s plan to close the inpatient pediatric ward at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital threatens timely care for vulnerable children and called on the county to convene stakeholders for a public, collaborative solution.

Multiple pediatricians, public‑health advisors and county advisory board members urged the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 9 to press Providence and state officials for a transparent plan after reports that Memorial Hospital will eliminate its inpatient pediatric ward.

Dr. Deborah Britt, a pediatrician who has worked at Memorial since 1987, and Catherine Beresford of the Sonoma County Maternal, Child and…

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