Mercy Hospital Fort Smith Adds Obstetric Hospitalists

Jul 22, 2019 at 02:14 pm by admin


FORT SMITH - Mercy Hospital Fort Smith has added a new service to ensure that pregnant women have access to the care they need.

Mercy Hospital Fort Smith is launching an obstetric hospitalist program that will provide an experienced team of board-certified obstetricians 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

As part of the program, Mercy Childbirth Center in the Labor & Delivery building on the main hospital campus will have an Obstetric Emergency Department with four rooms dedicated to emergency care at any gestational age. Eight OB hospitalists have been hired.

The program, not intended to replace a woman's regular obstetrician, is offered in partnership with the OB Hospitalist Group, which staffs and manages programs throughout the United States.

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