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Townsend select board endorses Brattleboro Memorial Hospital birthing center resolution
Summary
Members voted to adopt a resolution requested by Brattleboro’s select board urging BMH and state officials to maintain rural birthing services; the vote was taken by voice and passed with no recorded opposition.
Townsend’s select board voted to adopt a resolution drafted by the Brattleboro Select Board urging Brattleboro Memorial Hospital to maintain its birthing center and calling on state officials to act in support of rural maternal services. The chair read the resolution text requesting that BMH “do everything within its power to maintain robust birthing services in Brattleboro and the region” and to encourage state agencies to support rural maternal medical care.
A board member moved to adopt the resolution; the motion was seconded and passed by voice vote. The chair said the measure is intended to show regional support for the birthing center and to urge residents to choose BMH for services where appropriate. The resolution is nonbinding and serves as a statement of municipal support to state officials and the hospital.
