Ascension Alexian Brothers Hospital may be one step closer to closing its labor and delivery unit. It's just the latest service to be eliminated at the suburban community hospital. Officials at the hospital say they'll discontinue the 28-bed inpatient obstetrics department and consolidate those services, including deliveries, at their sister hospital, Ascension Saint Alexius Medical Center, which is a few miles away in Hoffman Estates.
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