Declining birth rates prompted the closure, approved by the boards of St. Mary’s Health System and its owner, Tewksbury, Mass.-based Covenant Health.
St. Mary’s said Central Maine Medical Center, also part of the health system, will hire any staff members who want to continue working with a women’s health program.
“The decision to close our maternity services was difficult and emotional, but is in the best interest of our community,” St. Mary’s President Steve Jorgensen said in a news release. “Our staff in the Women’s Health Center are dedicated and caring professionals that will continue to provide exemplary medical services in our communities if they so choose.”
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