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Testify at the Public Hearing February 15

The public hearing to determine whether Nuvance will be permitted to close the Sharon Hospital ICU and replace it with a downgraded Progressive Care Unit has been scheduled for February 15. Learn about what this would mean for our community from the doctors themselves at one of our upcoming community roundtables, and testify at the public hearing against this closure.

Testify against Nuvance’s application to downgrade the ICU. 

• Wednesday, February 15 at 9:30am via Zoom, with public comment scheduled to begin at 3pm.

• To provide written comment: email [email protected] and reference docket #22-32504-CON by February 14.

• To provide oral comment: log onto Zoom at 2pm to sign up, and public comment will begin at 3pm.

Other ways to get involved:

1) Attend one of our upcoming Community Roundtables to learn from the doctors themselves what is actually happening at Sharon Hospital, and how YOU can make a difference.

2) Contact your state and local representatives and tell them you don’t agree with Nuvance’s plans to close Maternity or downsize the Surgery Department or the ICU. You can find contact info for your elected officials here.

3) Submit your written testimony to the CT Office of Health Strategy. Along with submitting written testimony regarding the proposed closure of maternity (docket 22-32511-CON), you can submit submit testimony regarding the proposed closure of the ICU by emailing OHS@ ct.gov and reference Docket No 22-32504-CON.

4) Read the letters that Save Sharon Hospital and members of our local medical community have submitted to the CT Office of Health Strategy, to fight to maintain Sharon Hospital as a full-service hospital.

6) Subscribe to our newsletter by entering your info in the form in the footer below.

7) Assist us with our legal and PR expenses. Find more information here.

Who we are:

In September 2021, Nuvance Health, the corporate owner of Sharon Hospital, announced plans to close Labor and Delivery and make cuts to the Surgical Department and the Intensive Care Unit within the next year. Our community needs these vital healthcare services to remain in our area. Sharon Hospital physicians and RNs agree with us - they voted 25-to-1 against Nuvance’s proposed cuts!

Save Sharon Hospital originally formed in 2018, the last time Sharon Hospital tried to close Labor and Delivery. At that time, we came together as a community to keep Maternity open, and we succeeded. Together, we can do it again!

What People Are Saying

“My daughter was born in 1988 at Sharon Hospital, and two of my grandchildren were born there in 2017 and 2019. 

Sharon OBGYN and the Sharon Hospital birthing suites remain jewels in the Nuvance system.  I see an opportunity to market and recruit for new patients, because we have a great facility with highly rated doctors and excellent nurses in the practice. Sharon Hospital isn’t a bank branch, and we don’t have other full-service options in this part of the world. Our community, including municipalities in the tristate area, independent schools, churches, businesses, weekenders, and residents, depend on the full services we have learned to trust at Sharon Hospital.” — Nick, Sharon, CT

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