![]() Francis patient wondered why Ascension didn’t communicate earlier about the shutdown.Ĭrystal Vallance, a 33-year-old South Side resident, delivered her first child at St. Francis administrators surprised staff with news of the closure. The union organized the protest in the days after St. “Shame on you, Ascension,” she yelled into the mic. “We are here because we all deserve better than this,” said Tracey Schwerdtfeger, a steward of the Wisconsin Federation of Nurses & Health Professionals (WFNHP) Local 5000, a union representing St. The Ascension spokesperson called the closure a “consolidation” of services that gives patients “access to the most comprehensive labor, delivery and postpartum services to all Ascension Wisconsin moms and babies.” Closure sparks protestĭespite below-freezing temperatures, dozens of people gathered in front of Milwaukee City Hall on Tuesday to protest the closure. Francis Emergency Room through January 7.” Wednesday was the last day for admission to the labor and delivery unit, and the last planned discharge is set for Friday, an Ascension Wisconsin spokesperson told Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, adding: “Labor and Delivery Unit associates will provide additional maternal and fetal expertise in the Ascension St. ![]() Critics question the timing and lack of communication over a shutdown that will disproportionately affect the South Side’s heavy Latino population, and they wonder what the move foretells for St. Francis Hospital Birthing Center - the only labor and delivery unit on Milwaukee South Side - is drawing strong pushback from healthcare workers and patients.Īscension, a Catholic nonprofit, is one of the largest private health care systems in the United States and has a large footprint in Milwaukee. Learn more at our website or text MKE to 73224 to connect with a reporter. News414 is a service journalism collaboration between Wisconsin Watch and Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service that addresses the specific issues, interests, perspectives and information needs identified by residents of central city Milwaukee neighborhoods.
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