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Dozen Maternity Ward Nurses Pregnant, Have Given Birth In The Last Year At One Area Hospital Dozen Maternity Ward Nurses Pregnant, Have Given Birth In The Last Year At One Area Hospital
Dozen Maternity Ward Nurses Pregnant, Have Given Birth In The Last Year At One Area Hospital When you're in the business of babies it's no surprise when babies are on the brain, maybe that's why there is a baby boom at one central Pennsylvania hospital. Eleven women who work in the Family Maternity Unit and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital have gotten pregnant or had a baby in 2022, a spokesperson with the hospital said in a release.  “We do babies!” she says with a laugh. “That’s what we do!” nurse manager Marguerite Fritsch said. And do they ever. Among the 11 women in third-floor unit — all nurses or nurse aides — three are…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Three Infants Dead In Newark Hospital Bacterial Outbreak Three Infants Dead In Newark Hospital Bacterial Outbreak
Three Infants Dead In Newark Hospital Bacterial Outbreak Two more premature babies in University Hospital Newark's neonatal intensive care unit have died after being infected in a bacterial outbreak last month, New Jersey health officials said. The babies were among four at the state's only public hospital to be infected with Acinetobacter baumanii, bringing the total number of deaths to three. The infants were infected six weeks ago but the health department was not notified until Monday, health officials said. The three infants who died had many health problems due to being born prematurely, and the bacterial infection may n…

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by Cecilia Levine