Maternity ward closure in Niagara

Niagara Falls city council wants Ontario’s Ombudsman to get involved in their fight against the closure of the maternity ward at Greater Niagara General Hospital.

Council will lodge a complaint with Andre Marin, asking him to look into the Niagara health system’s plan to restructure health care into “Centres of Excellence.”

The Ombudsman doesn’t normally have jurisdiction over hospitals.