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Geelong's Epworth Hospital to close maternity ward due to 'workforce challenges'

About 100 Epworth Hospital patients due to give birth after March 31 will need to make arrangements at one of Geelong's two other maternity wards

ABC News · Feb 2, 2023

Epworth Healthcare to close maternity ward by March, leaving just two alternative services in the region

The hospital has blamed a shortage of midwives for a decision to close the maternity unit by March next year.

ABC News · Nov 29, 2022