Expectant mothers who planned to give birth at Maternity Hospital No. 4 in Green Grove now do not know where to turn to give birth. From December 1, the institution will no longer accept women in labor.
In a meeting with journalists on the evening of November 11, the workers of the maternity hospital said that they were afraid of being left without a job. There, pregnant women and residents of Green Grove shared their experiences.
Anastasia herself worked for seven years at maternity hospital No. 4, and currently conducts courses for pregnant women. According to her, her students are confused because many planned to give birth here.
The women are shocked. Someone planned to give birth here not for the first time, but now she doesn't understand where to go," says Anastasia.
In the maternity hospital, for example, there were baths, pills and other services for women in labor - the patients tried to get this for a long time, the woman described. She herself is now expecting a child and planned to give birth here in April. Now the closest for her will be Maternity Hospital No. 1 in Solancheni.
It is impossible to arrive at five or six in the evening. If you have a puncture somewhere, you have to leave in advance, about three hours in advance," says Anastasia.
She fears that patients gave birth more often at home, in an ambulance or on the balcony of maternity hospitals:.
They will arrive with their heads between their legs, because they won't have time to deliver," says Anastasia.
The woman also fears that other maternity hospitals will not have enough space. So, for example, in the summer, the institutions were closed in order for cleaning, and her relative lay on the couch in the hallway and finally wrote a refusal. The participants of the meeting recalled that at that time the maternity hospitals were closed for a few weeks, and number 4 would be closed for good.
They added that they contacted the governor and the mayor, but they "didn't hear back."
Mayor Sergey Vershchagin responded at the beginning of November to city residents' complaints that there was no agreement with the municipality on the closing of maternity hospitals and that the region should resolve the issue.