Hartford Healthcare must reopen the Windham Hospital maternity unit
The first cry and breath of new life holds dear the hope and pride for the newborn and its family. Eighty some years of this miracle has been nurtured at Windham Community Memorial Hospital in Willimantic. Stories of the first birth of the year, of birth announcements, of sibling visits and dinner for the new parents made the birth experience more loving and healthy over the years.
In the summer of 2020 in the throes of the COVID pandemic, Hartford Healthcare announced the permanent closing of the 80-year-old maternity unit. They said that the dwindling numbers meant “women were choosing to go elsewhere.” They failed to disclose their corporate moves to close the intensive care unit, and the loss of OB GYNs due to that. During the pandemic, they held a Zoom meeting to tell the community of the future of childbirth at Windham Hospital. There was none but transfers to other preferred sites. They
A POOLE mother has thanked the maternity unit at Poole Hospital for saving the lives of her and her baby daughter after contracting coronavirus during the latter stages of her pregnancy. Rachel Murphy from West Moors was in danger of losing her unborn child after being hospitalised with Covid-19 in February while she was 32 weeks pregnant. Following a visit to the maternity unit at Poole Hospital on February 6, her condition worsened over the weekend and was admitted A&E.
Rachel Murphy prior to testing positive for the Covid-19 virus Rachel said: “I was so worried about the baby at this point, and I was admitted to Poole Maternity on Wednesday February 10.
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Portlaoise is the county town of Laois and, with a current population of 22,000, one of the fastest growing towns in Ireland. Centrally located in the Irish midlands and within commuting distance of Dublin, Waterford and Limerick, Portlaoise has in recent years become increasingly cosmopolitan, with a young population and growth in many local industries.
Portlaoise began as a stone fortification built by English settlers in the mid-16th century. This was part of a wider Tudor plantation policy whereby English settlers were moved onto land confiscated by the Crown from the native Irish.
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