Posted By Kimberly Wear@kimberly wear on Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 3:07 PM Providence has announced a virtual community meeting will take place Thursday with local CEO Roberta Luskin-Hawk to discuss the controversial decision to close the birthing center at Redwood Memorial Hospital in Fortuna this summer and transition deliveries over to St. Joseph Hospital. In a Feb. 26 announcement, the health care system cited declining birth rates in the county, and especially the Eel River Valley, for the move slated to take place this summer, as well as a shortage of women s services physicians. A similar move proposed back in 2013 was met with an outcry from the southern portions of the county, with concerns raised about potential risks to mothers and babies due to extended travel times those who live in the outer reaches of the county would face going to Eureka, especially if there was an emerge