Martin County is one step closer to getting a maternity center after a grassroots fundraiser over the weekend highlighted growing community momentum behind the effort.
In April, Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital closed its maternity unit due to staffing challenges, leaving expectant mothers in Martin County without a local hospital to give birth.
Martin County hosts inaugural ‘Bridge Walk for Babies’, raises $8M for new maternity center
“[It’s] complete chaos—women [are] scrambling to change providers, find providers,” said Sonia Bond, a labor and postpartum doula who has worked with families affected by the closure.
“Bridge Walk for Babies” was held on Saturday and organized by Martin County Healthy Start Coalition as the first public fundraising event in what’s projected to be a multi-million dollar effort to open a dedicated maternity center in the county…