Poway's only hospital to close its labor and delivery unit in June
Doctors have been delivering babies at Poway's only hospital since it opened in 1977, but that will no longer be the case in June as the facility's...
Doctors have been delivering babies at Poway's only hospital since it opened in 1977, but that will no longer be the case in June as the facility's parent company shifts labor and delivery services north to Palomar Medical Center Escondido. Diane Hansen, Palomar's chief executive officer, confirmed in an interview that the move is in the works due to a persistently low volume of deliveries at Palomar Medical Center Poway, which was previously called Pomerado Hospital. 'We have maybe two deliveries at Poway per day, and yet we have to support nursing care and physician coverage 24/7,' Hansen said.