TAUNTON In a discussion of how racism harms health in the city, a Morton Hospital nurse described how prenatal care is harder to get for some expectant mothers.
Since the hospital closed its maternity ward in 2018, there s a unique burden on families of color without their own transportation or whose members juggle several jobs, Jacqueline Fitts said during a Tuesday City Council committee meeting. There’s been a huge drop-off in prenatal visits, said Fitts, who was part of a three-person panel that included Kara Civale, vice-president of the Taunton Diversity Network and Tanya Lobo, founder of T.R.U.E. Diversity and a candidate for City Council.