Women's Hospital has been a Greensboro institution since 1990. The 134-bed hospital not only delivers babies, but, according to their website, "provide[s] compassionate and exceptional care for every stage of life."* Women's Hospital has the distinction of being North Carolina's first free-standing hospital for women. Additionally, since 1998, Moses Cone and Wesley Long hospitals have consolidated all maternity services there. However, since August of this year, Moses Cone Hospital officials revealed that they are considering closing the hospital.
If Women's closed, the maternity unit would relocate to nearby Moses Cone Hospital on North Elm Street. Other than the cost-saving measures, part of the justification is that women could receive a full range of services during delivery, especially complicated ones such as a mom having high blood pressure or diabetes. Additionally, women and children could receive services in the same place. We should know within the year if a 50,000 addition to Moses Cone Hospital will be approved. For now, Women's Hospital is Greensboro's go-to hospital for new life. In the above photo, you can see a woman heading in through the visitors' entrance, with a gift in tow, to welcome one of Greensboro's newest citizens.
Let us take a moment to remember how precious each and every life is to our community. Today's newborn may be tomorrow's leader; at any rate on the day of birth, all doors are open and the sky is the limit.
Unto us, a child is born..........
It looks like a pleasant hospital.
Posted by: William Kendall | Wednesday, December 24, 2014 at 05:03 PM