Maternity Ward

By Jessica Bartlett, Town Correspondent Quincy Medical Center plans to invest over $30 million into a slew of capital projects over the next year including the re-establishment of the hospital's maternity ward. The previous maternity service, which delivered an average of 1,200 babies a year, closed in 1998 and was replaced with Quincy Medical Center's Ambulatory Care Unit on the second floor of the C-wing. Now, the soon-to-be-created 22,000 square foot maternity suite will encompass the entirety of the hospital's sixth floor, delivering approximately 2,000...

A son of Robert F. Kennedy is facing misdemeanor charges after fighting with nurses at a suburban New York hospital while trying to carry his newborn son out of the maternity ward. WNBC-TV reported Friday that nurses at Northern Westchester Hospital say they tried to stop Douglas Kennedy because he wasn't allowed to take the baby from the ward. Instead, they say, Kennedy argued with them while holding the baby and then became violent during the Jan. 7 incident. One nurse says Kennedy twisted her arm; another says he kicked her in her pelvic area.

TOPSHAM, Maine - A Maine philanthropist who quietly helped preserve thousands of acres of land and gave away millions of dollars has died. Richard L. Hatch died Wednesday in the Topsham home where he had been living for the last five years. He was 91. No cause of death was released. The Portland Press Herald said Mr. Hatch’s name did not begin to emerge publicly until he donated 1,910 acres of Maine coast land in Phippsburg to the Nature Conservancy, which estimated the market value at about $12 million.

By Jessica Bartlett, Town Correspondent Quincy Medical Center plans to invest over $30 million into a slew of capital projects over the next year including the re-establishment of the hospital's maternity ward. The previous maternity service, which delivered an average of 1,200 babies a year, closed in 1998 and was replaced with Quincy Medical Center's Ambulatory Care Unit on the second floor of the C-wing. Now, the soon-to-be-created 22,000 square foot maternity suite will encompass the entirety of the hospital's sixth floor, delivering approximately 2,000...

A son of Robert F. Kennedy is facing misdemeanor charges after fighting with nurses at a suburban New York hospital while trying to carry his newborn son out of the maternity ward. WNBC-TV reported Friday that nurses at Northern Westchester Hospital say they tried to stop Douglas Kennedy because he wasn't allowed to take the baby from the ward. Instead, they say, Kennedy argued with them while holding the baby and then became violent during the Jan. 7 incident. One nurse says Kennedy twisted her arm; another says he kicked her in her pelvic area.

At least 200 immigrants are missing and two are dead after a fishing boat carrying hundreds of immigrants sank off the coast of Tunisia in a storm, the official news agency reported Thursday. The boat was believed to have set sail from Libya and was en route to Italy with an estimated 800 would-be immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa and Asia on board, including women and children, the report said. The boat stalled some 20 miles off the Kerkennah islands in southern Tunisia on Tuesday night in foul weather that also hampered rescue operations.

One Born Every Minute 10 p.m., Lifetime It’s hard to imagine why people would sign up to appear on this new reality series, which goes behind the scenes at a maternity ward. The cameras follow pregnant women into the delivery room at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. I can kind of maybe understand why people want to film their childbirth experience privately. Kind of maybe. But for the entire Lifetime audience? Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? 9 p.m., WEtv Yeah, they both look freaky, especially Joan.

CHICAGO -- As Marine Sergeant Joshua Horton lay in a hospital bed across the ocean recovering from wounds he suffered in Iraq, his wife was in a maternity ward back home, making him a father five times more. Horton knew his wife was expecting quintuplets, but decided it was his duty to go to Iraq last month with the Marines he helped train -- even if it meant leaving his wife and two children behind. "He was taking them into combat for the first time. He wanted to get them there safely and return," said Dean Fisher, the bishop of Horton's church in Oswego.

NEW YORK — The automobile almost ranks with the camera as a necessary piece of photographic equipment. Lens-bearing road trippers have included Walker Evans, Edward Weston, Berenice Abbott, Stephen Shore, and, first among many other equals, Robert Frank. Almost always the car has served simply as vehicular means to artistic end. Lee Friedlander, another photographer who’s racked up a lot of mileage over the years, puts the automobile to additional artistic use in “Lee Friedlander: America by Car.’’ It becomes venue as well as vehicle.

PARIS -- Alexandre Minkowski, a leading French specialist on newborn babies, has died at age 88, a hospital said yesterday. He died Friday at the Invalides Hospital, an official at the medical facility said. In addition to being noted for his work with newborns, Dr. Minkowski is known for his service with the Resistance during World War II. President Jacques Chirac honored the memory of "a great doctor and founding scientist of neonatology, but also a man who was committed and always upright, from the Resistance to his humanitarian work for children in the third...

At least 200 immigrants are missing and two are dead after a fishing boat carrying hundreds of immigrants sank off the coast of Tunisia in a storm, the official news agency reported Thursday. The boat was believed to have set sail from Libya and was en route to Italy with an estimated 800 would-be immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa and Asia on board, including women and children, the report said. The boat stalled some 20 miles off the Kerkennah islands in southern Tunisia on Tuesday night in foul weather that also hampered rescue operations.

One Born Every Minute 10 p.m., Lifetime It’s hard to imagine why people would sign up to appear on this new reality series, which goes behind the scenes at a maternity ward. The cameras follow pregnant women into the delivery room at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. I can kind of maybe understand why people want to film their childbirth experience privately. Kind of maybe. But for the entire Lifetime audience? Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? 9 p.m., WEtv Yeah, they both look freaky, especially Joan.

NEW YORK — The automobile almost ranks with the camera as a necessary piece of photographic equipment. Lens-bearing road trippers have included Walker Evans, Edward Weston, Berenice Abbott, Stephen Shore, and, first among many other equals, Robert Frank. Almost always the car has served simply as vehicular means to artistic end. Lee Friedlander, another photographer who’s racked up a lot of mileage over the years, puts the automobile to additional artistic use in “Lee Friedlander: America by Car.’’ It becomes venue as well as vehicle.

TOPSHAM, Maine - A Maine philanthropist who quietly helped preserve thousands of acres of land and gave away millions of dollars has died. Richard L. Hatch died Wednesday in the Topsham home where he had been living for the last five years. He was 91. No cause of death was released. The Portland Press Herald said Mr. Hatch’s name did not begin to emerge publicly until he donated 1,910 acres of Maine coast land in Phippsburg to the Nature Conservancy, which estimated the market value at about $12 million.

CHICAGO -- As Marine Sergeant Joshua Horton lay in a hospital bed across the ocean recovering from wounds he suffered in Iraq, his wife was in a maternity ward back home, making him a father five times more. Horton knew his wife was expecting quintuplets, but decided it was his duty to go to Iraq last month with the Marines he helped train -- even if it meant leaving his wife and two children behind. "He was taking them into combat for the first time. He wanted to get them there safely and return," said Dean Fisher, the bishop of Horton's church in Oswego.

NEW YORK (AP) — A son of Robert F. Kennedy is facing misdemeanor charges after he struggled with nurses who tried to stop him from carrying his newborn son out of the maternity ward at a hospital near New York City. Douglas Kennedy said he was trying to take the baby out of Northern Westchester Hospital for a quick walk when a group of nurses who thought the infant should remain indoors tried to stop him. Security video obtained by WNBC-TV shows that the nurses stopped Kennedy from using an elevator, then tried to block him from using a stairwell.