A profit-driven decision five years ago is about to be reversed — enabling women to once more give birth at their neighborhood hospital in East San Jose. Regional Medical Center plans to restore labor and delivery care around October 20 after joining Santa Clara County’s massive public hospital system six months ago. The obstetrics department at Regional was eliminated in 2020, generating major protests over its closure by former owner HCA Healthcare. The county boldly purchased Regional for $150 million from HCA Healthcare last year, following waves of profit-driven service cuts that threatened to turn the Eastside working-class neighborhoods into a major…
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