Group rallys to avoid wasting Scripps Mercy Chula Vista maternity ward

CHULA VISTA, Calif. (KGTV) — The battle to maintain the maternity ward open at Chula Vista Scripps Mercy Hospital continued on Tuesday.

Docs, nurses, and group members hosted a rally to carry consideration to the problem.

A web based petition to maintain the maternity ward open has over 1,200 signatures.

The group marched from the mall on Broadway to the entrance of the hospital, after which all the best way to the Chula Vista Metropolis Corridor.

Scripps Well being has beforehand stated in a press release that the closure is because of an increase in emergency room visits and a requirement for beds for surgical procedure sufferers, consolidating its beginning and postpartum providers to Hillcrest. Pre and post-natal care will nonetheless be out there in Chula Vista.

“We try to remove rights for girls’s well being all throughout this nation and as well as, we’re going to remove well being for girls once they have their youngsters that’s simply not proper,” stated Dr. Susanna Chou, a household drugs doctor who participated within the rally.

Hospital staff have been hoping to be a magnet for metropolis leaders, talking throughout public remark on the metropolis council assembly, and asking them to step in.

“We’re not going to go down and not using a battle and for them to grasp the notion of the medical doctors, the nurses, and the group,” stated Dr. Latisa Carson, an OBGYN on the Chula Vista hospital.

Docs and nurses say the closing of the maternity ward would go away probably the most susceptible group with out correct care and drive different hospitals to tackle the burden of caring for all of the anticipating moms in the neighborhood.

The unit may shut as early as July. Since there was no agenda merchandise at Tuesday’s metropolis council assembly, the council solely listened to the general public remark, and no motion was taken.