Report recommends permanent closure of birth centre

NHS bosses are recommending the permanent closure of a birth centre in Leicestershire after seeking the views of the public. University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) NHS Trust halt ...

Leicestershire birth centre set to close for good over costs and staffing pressures

St Mary's Birth Centre looks set to close its doors forever, according to a report ...

Melton mum hits out over at-risk Leicestershire birth centre as closure branded 'shambolic'

NHS bosses say they have no plans to resume births at St Mary's birth centre ...

Seeing the same midwife or doctor in pregnancy and labour reduces the risk of birth trauma

Most women give birth in public hospitals, seeing whichever midwife or doctor is rostered on. But research shows seeing the ...
People

Husband Fatally Shot Wife at Hospital After She'd Just Given Birth, Then Turned Gun on Himself

The husband and wife were reportedly identified as Kynath William Terry Jr. and Precious Johnson WVTM 13 News/YouTube Kynath Terry reportedly shot and killed his wife, Precious Johnson, in the ...
The Tuscaloosa News

Man shot woman, himself in Alabama hospital shortly after she gave birth

Two people were found dead from gunshot wounds Sunday night inside Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital in what police are investigating as an apparent murder-suicide. Officers responded to the hospital ...
Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati

New mother gunned down by husband at hospital before suspect turns gun on himself: police

HOMEWOOD, Ala. (WVTM/CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - A new mother was gunned down at a hospital by her husband before the suspect turned the gun on himself, police said. According to WVTM, citing the ...
The Grio

Woman killed by husband in hospital room after giving birth in murder-suicide in Alabama

A woman recovering from childbirth in an Alabama hospital was shot and killed by her husband before he turned the gun on himself, authorities say. On Sunday (Mar. 1), Precious Elicia J’anae Johnson ...
People

New York Hospital Delivers Its Biggest Baby on Record as Parents Say They 'Didn't Expect This'

“It was really charming and such a good reminder that babies come in all shapes and sizes,” shared new mom Chloe in a statement shared with PEOPLE Kayla Grant is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has ...
Des Moines Register

Cook County Jury Awards $23.5 Million Verdict in Birth Injury Case Against Mercy Hospital

While nothing can undo Dylan’s injury, the compensation awarded by the jury will provide resources to support his long-term care and future needs.” — Matthew Patterson, lead trial lawyer, Beam Legal ...
Interesting Engineering

First in UK: Healthy baby born following deceased-donor womb transplant

In a UK medical first, a baby boy has been born to a mother who received a womb transplant from a deceased donor. Now in her 30s, Grace Bell lived with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome — ...
WSMV

Tennessee woman says hospital canceled her sterilization surgery while admitted to hospital

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A Tennessee woman says Ascension St. Thomas Midtown canceled her scheduled sterilization surgery Friday morning hours after she had been admitted and an IV had been placed.