Sharon Hospital is owned by Nuvance Health. They told FOX61 their decision to shut down labor and delivery was a financial one and that the hospital has, "faced financial challenges over the past decade, which were only exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic…" They went on to say the birthing center, "…has seen less than one birth per day on average over the past 10 years, often going several days at a time without a delivery."