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PARIS (May 26) — Henry County Medical Center is suspending obstetric services for the foreseeable future, according to CEO John Tucker, who made the recommendation to the hospital’s Board of Trustees at Thursday’s monthly board meeting.
Calling it a very difficult discussion, Tucker said that HCMC would cease providing OB services on Sept. 1. “Despite the great care that Drs. (Pamela) Evans, (Sandra) Boxell, and (Katherine) Whitfield provide their patients at Paris Women’s Center and in our hospital, we have struggled with very low volumes for the past several months,” Tucker said.
He explained the hospital would reorganize the Paris Women’s Center to begin offering only gynecologic services while also working on expanding relationships with neighboring facilities and physicians for patients to receive obstetric care.