Tenet said that labor and delivery services will be consolidated into services offered by other nearby facilities, including North Shore Medical Center in Miami and Hialeah-based Palmetto General Hospital.
The for-profit operator added that the consolidation will allow patients to access more specialized services, such as neonatal intensive care, offered at nearby hospitals.
A group of labor and delivery physicians at Hialeah are protesting the closure, arguing it would affect patients who are uninsured and may not have the means to travel to a hospital farther away, according to the report.
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