Quickly-to-be moms who ended up hoping to give start at Fort Lauderdale’s Holy Cross Overall health will have to come across another healthcare facility because of to mounting Covid-19 scenarios.

Holy Cross was pressured to briefly near its Labor and Shipping Unit because of to a surge in coronavirus situations among the workers and medical center employees.

“People are out unwell thanks to the surge in Covid conditions,” Holy Cross spokeswoman Christine Walker claimed Sunday. “It’s just short-term for the labor and shipping unit. The NICU [Neonatal Intensive Care Unit] and Post-Partum are continue to open.”

This will come as hospitals across the country are combating, not only speedily soaring cases but also staffing shortages.

“Due to the Covid-19 surge, Holy Cross Health and fitness has achieved significant staffing stages in Labor and Shipping,” Walker mentioned. “In the ideal fascination of affected individual security, the Labor and Delivery unit is on diversion until finally even further notice.”