The moves comes as birth rates decline in the area along with staffing trouble, the May 9 report said. NMMC is in talks with Cary Medical Center in Caribou, Maine to establish outpatient clinics for prenatal and post-partum care.
Employees affected by the closure will be offered positions within NMMC, the report said.
Between 2006 and 2020, more than 400 rural maternity units closed in the U.S.
