More room for babies at Einstein

    By: Peter Crimmins

    Einstein Medical Center in Olney is renovating and expanding its maternity ward. Delivering babies is one of the least profitable services hospitals provide, and in the past decade fifteen area hospitals have closed their maternity wards. Einstein is investing 10 million dollars into theirs. WHYY’s Peter Crimmins reports.

    By: Peter Crimmins
    pcrimmins@whyy.org

    Einstein Medical Center in Olney is renovating and expanding its maternity ward. Delivering babies is one of the least profitable services hospitals provide, and in the past decade fifteen area hospitals have closed their maternity wards. Einstein is investing 10 million dollars into theirs. WHYY’s Peter Crimmins reports. [audio: reports20090121einstein.mp3]

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