Union issues statement, petition effort started over WB General dropping labor and delivery services

Wilkes-Barre General Hospital is seen in a file photo. Starting July 31, the facility will no longer provide planned inpatient labor and delivery s...

May 31, 2023
9:36 PM

Wilkes-Barre General Hospital is seen in a file photo. Starting July 31, the facility will no longer provide planned inpatient labor and delivery services. WILKES-BARRE — In response to Wednesday's announcement that Wilkes-Barre General Hospital will no longer provide planned inpatient labor and delivery services, Michele Bonk, R.N., a union steward and a labor and delivery nurse for 15 years, said the decision 'truly is a loss for everyone in the Wyoming Valley, but not for CHS executives in Tennessee.

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