AKRON, Ohio — Summa Health has announced that it will be moving its labor and delivery services from Barberton to the Akron campus, effective on November 15.
In an email to 3News, Summa Health said the decision to transfer the labor and delivery to Akron was made "following a lengthy and detailed evaluation period" amid "declining utilization of this service on the Barberton Campus."
Summa Health says frontline clinical employees will be offered positions on the Akron Campus labor and delivery unit or in other areas of the organization. They add that more information will be available in the near future regarding plans for the vacated labor and delivery space on the Barberton Campus.
The move by Summa Health comes just over a week after University Hospitals revealed plans to consolidate labor and delivery services from the UH Portage Medical Center in Ravenna to UH Geauga Medical Center in Chardon. That move is set to take effect by November 12.
UH recently ended inpatient, surgical, and emergency services at both its Bedford and Richmond hospitals. Similarly, St. Vincent Charity Medical Center has also decided to end inpatient care as part of a transition plan that is expected to be in place on November 15.
Previous Reporting:
- University Hospitals Portage to end labor and delivery as services shift to UH Geauga Medical Center
- St. Vincent Charity Medical Center in Cleveland to stop inpatient care as plans for transformation announced
- Inpatient, surgical and emergency services to be discontinued at University Hospitals Richmond and Bedford medical centers