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Birth Center Closes

(Portland, OR) -- The Family Birth Center at Mount Hood Medical Center closed on Sunday. Pregnant women giving birth will now need to travel 17 miles to Randall Children's Hospital in Portland. Legacy Health says it's not financially possible to keep the birth center open. They applied for a waiver with the Oregon Health Authority last week to close the center. OHA has not acted on the request. Legacy Health could face regulatory action for closing the birth center without approval of the waiver.

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