As COVID-19 continues to batter the country and the NHS, Cheltenham General Hospital has been forced to close their Aveta birth center for a period of up to two months.
The closure will allow for other vital services, such as chemotherapy treatment and surgeries considered to be high-risk, to continue.
With this closure, many expectant mothers are now in the lurch as to where they will be able deliver their baby.
The Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust told Gloucestershire Live, “ Women who have been booked to have their babies at Aveta will be contacted to explain the temporary closure”…”explain the alternative options.”
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Expectant mothers will be offered the option of a home birth if deemed safe or a transfer to another midwife-led unit at either Stroud Maternity or Gloucester Royal.
