December 6, 2007 edition


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COVER STORY:

Babies on board

John Domzalski summed up the maternity-care crisis in Northeast Philadelphia with some staggering statistics.
In 1997, Philadelphia had a birth rate of 22,019. At that time, 19 hospitals offered maternity services, with 650 available licensed beds, said Domzalski, commissioner of the Philadelphia Department of Public Health.
The following year, Nazareth Hospital closed its maternity unit. Parkview Hospital closed altogether in 2003, while Frankford and Jeanes hospitals closed their obstetrics units within the past 18 months.

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Editorial:

Two big decisions

This is a pivotal week for Philadelphia, from its western border to the eastern border and everybody in between.
City Council and Mayor John Street are poised to give their official blessings to zoning changes and lease agreements that will allow the Fox Chase Cancer Center to begin its big expansion project.
As soon as Council and Mr. Street do their good deed, the vocal minority of expansion opponents should get out of the way and . . .

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