California hospital halts labor and delivery
Palomar Medical Center Poway (Calif.), part of Escondido, Calif.-based Palomar Health, will close its labor and delivery unit in June, at least tem...
Palomar Medical Center Poway (Calif.), part of Escondido, Calif.-based Palomar Health, will close its labor and delivery unit in June, at least temporarily, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported March 21. The move comes as Palomar Health shifts labor and delivery services to its Palomar Medical Center Escondido. Palomar Health CEO Diane Hansen attributed the decision to a persistently low volume of deliveries at the Poway facility. "We have maybe two deliveries at Poway per day, and yet we have to support nursing care and physician coverage 24/7," Ms.