{"id":191516,"date":"2025-05-29T09:33:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T13:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/?p=191516"},"modified":"2025-05-29T09:33:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T13:33:26","slug":"mahc-says-obstetrical-program-planning-continues-with-system-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/mahc-says-obstetrical-program-planning-continues-with-system-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"MAHC says obstetrical program planning continues with system partners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the recent temporary consolidation of obstetrical services to the Huntsville District Memorial Hospital (HDMH) Site, Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) continues to work closely with system partners to evaluate options for labour and delivery services in Muskoka.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Weekly meetings are taking place with Ontario Health and internal teams to actively review challenges, explore solutions, and monitor system capacity and patient safety. We are also maintaining open lines of communication with the Ministry of Health to better understand the path forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe know how important local access to labour and delivery services is to the families of Muskoka,\u201d says Cheryl Harrison, President &amp; CEO. \u201cWe remain committed to ensuring safe, high-quality obstetrical care for all residents of Muskoka, both now and into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While emergency care can be accessed at the South Muskoka Memorial Hospital (SMMH) Site, all labour and delivery services continue to be provided at the HDMH Site during this temporary transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a challenging but necessary step to protect patient safety,\u201d says Dr. Sheena Branigan, Chief of Obstetrics. \u201cOur teams are engaged in thoughtful planning, and I\u2019m optimistic that this collaborative process will help shape a strong and sustainable future for obstetrical care in our region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We anticipate having more information to share in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare Following the recent temporary consolidation of obstetrical services to the Huntsville District Memorial Hospital (HDMH) Site, Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) continues to work closely with system [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1904,"featured_media":180449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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