Swedish Hospital ends midwife-only care, patients speak out
Starting September 1st, Swedish Covenant Hospital in Lincoln Square will combine midwives with obstetricians to care for pregnant people.
For two decades, expectant mothers at Swedish Hospital have been able to choose between OBGYNS or midwives for care. Now, some patients say the hospital’s plan to scale back and merge the midwifery program with its obstetrics department limits their options.
Reset hears from journalists, health experts, and a former patient on the situation.
GUESTS: Kristen Schorsch, WBEZ public health and politics reporter
Kayleigh Padar, freelance reporter for Block Club Chicago
Margie Schaps, executive director, Health & Medicine Policy Research Group
Lizzy Bortoto, mother and former midwife patient at Swedish Hospital
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Swedish Hospital ends midwife-only care, patients speak out
Starting September 1st, Swedish Covenant Hospital in Lincoln Square will combine midwives with obstetricians to care for pregnant people.
For two decades, expectant mothers at Swedish Hospital have been able to choose between OBGYNS or midwives for care. Now, some patients say the hospital’s plan to scale back and merge the midwifery program with its obstetrics department limits their options.
Reset hears from journalists, health experts, and a former patient on the situation.
GUESTS: Kristen Schorsch, WBEZ public health and politics reporter
Kayleigh Padar, freelance reporter for Block Club Chicago
Margie Schaps, executive director, Health & Medicine Policy Research Group
Lizzy Bortoto, mother and former midwife patient at Swedish Hospital