Brooklyn, NY - Long Island College Hospital, [LICH] To Shutter Obstetrics Department

Brooklyn, NY - A cash-strapped hospital in Brooklyn Heights announced plans today to stop delivering babies as part of a reorganization plan designed to solve some of the hospital's financial woes. Long Island College Hospital, where 2,800 babies were born last year, will shutter its obstetrics department pending approval from the state's Department of Health, hospital officials said. The...