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Select Board unanimously endorses petition urging action to keep Brattleboro Memorial Hospital birthing center open
Summary
The Jamaica Select Board adopted a resolution urging Brattleboro Memorial Hospital and state officials to take steps to maintain regional birthing services and encouraged residents to support efforts to preserve the hospital's birthing center.
Board members considered a petition and model resolution circulated by Brattleboro Memorial Hospital supporters and unanimously adopted a resolution urging the hospital and state officials to act to maintain regional birthing services.
The resolution states that the region's ability to attract future economic investment depends in part on essential services such as the Royal Hospital birthing center and resolves that the Town of Jamaica strongly recommends Brattleboro Memorial Hospital do everything within its power to maintain robust birthing services. The board also encouraged the Vermont Agency of Human Services, the governor's office, the Green Mountain Care Board and the state legislative delegation to support rural maternal health and oppose closure of the birthing center.
Chair said the resolution is not a financial request but a formal statement of support: "They're not asking for money. This is just to signal support." Members voted to adopt the resolution and signed to show the town's support.
