Dr. Kirti Patel, an OB laborist who works weekends at Morton Hospital in Taunton, checks on patient Angela Lu and her newborn, Aiden Jin Lu.
(Rose Lincoln for the Boston Globe)
The birth of a notion
Hospitals turning to laborists to deliver babies
Dr. Kirti Patel, an OB laborist who works weekends at Morton Hospital in Taunton, checks on patient Angela Lu and her newborn, Aiden Jin Lu.
(Rose Lincoln for the Boston Globe)
Erin Hawe's contractions were five minutes apart when she called Cape Cod Hospital at 11 o'clock on a recent Friday night, wondering whether it was time to head in to deliver her second child. (Full article: 1140 words)
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