Florida hospital shuts down labor and delivery unit due to COVID-19 surge

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Holy Cross Health is temporarily halting services for pregnant women hoping to give birth there because of staffing shortages amid a surge in statewide infections, a spokesperson said.

A South Florida hospital has temporarily shuttered its labor and delivery unit amid an increase in COVID-19 cases causing “critical staffing levels,” a spokesperson said.

Pregnant women planning to give birth at Holy Cross Health in Fort Lauderdale will have to seek accommodations elsewhere, the hospital said in a statement Monday to NBC News. “Due to the COVID-19 surge, Holy Cross Health has reached critical staffing levels in Labor and Delivery. In the best interest of patient safety, the Labor and Delivery unit is on diversion until further notice. The NICU and Post-Partum remain open,” the statement said.“People are out sick due to the surge in COVID-19 cases,” Holy Cross spokesperson Christine Walker added in an interview withThe omicron variant last month overtook delta as the dominant coronavirus variant in the U.S.

 

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So what now, you're supposed to tell the mother who needs to deliver her baby, to put a hold on it? WTH

HolyCrossFL how about turning away those who are unvaccinated instead of putting laboring mothers and newborns at risk?!

They should just turn away unvaccinated patients. Don’t put laboring mothers and babies at risk. GovRonDeSantis should care more about his residents.

Hope you are excited about Beijing like I am.

Good job Guv OmicRon DeSantis

And meanwhile desantis is MIA. What disgrace.

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