A group of nurses reported the KPC Hemet Global Medical Center in Hemet suspended their obstetric labor and delivery services because of physician shortages and the high demand from uninsured and underserved patients in the area.
The nurses, members of the National Nurses United, in an online news release argued the suspension of the obstetrics department may be dangerous to expectant mothers coming to the emergency room in labor. Without the labor and delivery nurses available, the pregnant patients may have to be taken to another hospital to which they may not be able to travel to in time. The nearest hospital to the Hemet Global Medical Center with an obstetrics department is located in the KPC Menifee Global Medical Center in Menifee 30 minutes away. Other hospitals with those service
