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Panel addresses lack of physicians for female patients

March 17, 2008

Sen. Gale D. Candaras, D-Wilbraham, told a panel at Western New England College that the loss of doctors in key specialties serving women in Western Massachusetts has reached a point of crisis, according to the Springfield Republican.

The panel was convened to gather public comment on the loss of doctors in the region who specialize in obstetrics, gynecology and the neurosurgical care of women.

A survey by the state Department of Public Health found that from 2002 to 2004, 16 percent of obstetricians, nurse midwives and family practitioners were lost in the four western counties, compared to an 8.6 percent loss across the state, the Republican reported.

Panelists attributed the difficulty in recruiting and retaining physicians in the western part of the state to the high cost of living, high medical insurance costs and low compensation for physicians there relative to other parts of the state and nation, according to the Republican.

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