GC Delegation Working Toward Solution On Local OB Situation
Mar. 18, 2010
Only days after legislative measures that would provide a solution for Garrett County’s family practitioners providing obstetrical services failed to receive approval, Sen. George Edwards and Del. Wendell Beitzel have been in talks with the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH), Garrett Memorial Hospital, and various other stakeholders to come to a solution.
“This issue is about equity,” Edwards said. “Garrett County is the only county in the state without an OB (obstetrician), and we need help on this issue.”
Prompted by the concerns expressed by both Edwards and Beitzel, DHMH Secretary John M. Colmers sent a letter addressed to Edwards.
In it, Colmers stated, “The county relies on the high quality obstetrical care provided by four family practitioners and enjoys some of the state’s best birth outcome indicators.”
Beitzel noted, “The four family practitioners have taken a unique and uncertain situation and continue to perform admirably. Others would have fled to West Virginia or Pennsylvania, but our doctors show what makes Garrett County such a great place to live.”
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