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West Windsor declines to adopt Brattleboro Memorial Hospital birthing-center resolution
Summary
West Windsor Selectboard said it supports Brattleboro Memorial Hospital but is uncomfortable endorsing recommendations about residents' personal medical choices and did not adopt the requested resolution to urge residents to 'choose Brattleboro Memorial Hospital first.'
The Town of Brattleboro asked neighboring Selectboards, including West Windsor’s, to adopt a resolution encouraging support for the Brattleboro Memorial Hospital birthing center and asking residents to choose that hospital. The draft resolution included language urging residents to "choose Brattleboro Memorial Hospital first for medical services so that the Birthing Center can be adequately subsidized."
West Windsor Selectboard members said they wished Brattleboro success but were not comfortable making recommendations on the personal medical care of town residents and declined to adopt the proposed language. The action was recorded as a discussion item; the Selectboard did not vote to adopt the resolution at the July 27 meeting.
