Nurses protest closure of maternity ward at Hemet …
Nurses at a Riverside County hospital are protesting plans to shut down the facility’s labor and delivery department.
In August, officials at the Hemet Global Medical Center in Hemet announced they would be closing the obstetrics department due to low volume and a physician shortage. Nurses are protesting the move over concerns that pregnant patients, many of whom are from underserved communities, would have nowhere close by to seek medical care.
KTLA's Shelby Nelson reports on Oct. 17, 2024.