Shortage of regional OB-GYN workforce cited as cause for the closure
Samaritan Health Services announced in a press release that labor and delivery services at Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital (LCH) will be temporarily paused beginning Jan. 15, 2026, due to a “significant” regional shortage of OB-GYN physicians that has made continuous inpatient coverage unavailable.
They said the decision follows a series of unexpected physician departures across the valley, including the resignation of OB-GYN…