Ohio Nurses Association

06/18/2026

Today, nurses, community members, and patients from Grady Memorial Hospital and Delaware County met with State Representative Brian Lorenz and the Ohio Nurses Association to discuss the impact the proposed closure of the Grady Memorial Hospital maternity unit would have on patients, families, healthcare workers, and the community.

Participants shared personal stories about the exceptional care they received while giving birth at Grady, as well as their concerns about what the loss of local maternity services would mean for Delaware County and surrounding communities. Many expressed concerns that OhioHealth's decision to close the maternity unit could have serious consequences for expectant mothers and babies by increasing travel times for care and reducing access to local maternity services. Community members described the closure as a potentially deadly decision for families who depend on timely access to obstetric care.

The group also discussed next steps and strategies to continue the fight to preserve maternity care at Grady Memorial Hospital.
If you would like to get involved and help protect local maternity services, please complete the form here:
https://ohnurses.org/grady-memorial-maternity-campaign/




OhioHealth Brian Lorenz for Ohio

06/18/2026

ONA members at East Liverpool City Hospital advocate every day to protect their patients!

Prime Healthcare, the Los Angeles-based corporation that owns the hospital, continues to de-prioritize East Liverpool City Hospital and our community, putting patients at risk with dangerously high staffing ratios.

RN Working Conditions = Patient Healing Conditions!

06/12/2026

Delaware County families deserve local maternity care. 🤱

The nurses and health professionals who provide that care deserve our support. 👩‍🔬

And our communities deserve a healthcare system that puts patients before profits. 🏨>💲

Join us in the fight to keep maternity care at Grady Memorial Hospital:

Read the Ohio Nurses Association statement on OhioHealth’s announced decision to close the inpatient maternity unit at Grady Memorial Hospital.

06/12/2026

OhioHealth announced its plans to close the inpatient maternity unit at Grady Memorial Hospital, leaving Delaware County -- Ohio's fastest growing county -- a maternity care desert.

Please sign this petition asking OhioHealth to put families and patients before profit and keep Grady's maternity unit open:

Keep Grady Family Birthplace Open!

06/12/2026

“Delaware County is the fastest growing county in Ohio. Families who live there will now have to travel 30 minutes or longer to reach inpatient maternity care. And those minutes will cost lives.”

DELAWARE, Ohio (WCMH) — OhioHealth is closing the maternity ward at Grady Memorial Hospital in Delaware, drawing criticism from Ohio’s top nursing union. “Delaware County is the fa…

06/11/2026

ONA's statement on OhioHealth's announced closure of inpatient maternity unit at Grady Memorial Hospital in Delaware County.

Delaware County residents and Grady nurses and health professionals: ONA stands ready to fight with you to keep these critical services in your community!

06/11/2026

“When minutes matter to a preterm mom that comes in precipitously delivering, you need the right training and knowledge to now keep two people alive. Not everyone has transport south to get to the other hospitals.”

Another employee said the unit's staff represents “over 500 years of experience” and argued OhioHealth is creating a maternity care desert in a growing county.

06/10/2026

ONA at the Statehouse!

Today, ONA members and team turned out to support sponsor testimony for Senate Bill 373, which would ensure that frontline nurses have a meaningful voice in developing staffing plans and that hospitals are accountable for meeting the staffing standards established through that process.