Dr. Oluwakemi Adegoke, an OBGYN provider at Jacobi Medical Center, testifies about the challenges faced by OBGYN providers in the NYC Health + Hospitals system. She highlights staffing shortages, complex patient needs, and concerns about recruitment and retention of experienced providers.

• Jacobi Medical Center is short four OBGYNs, leading to providers being double and triple booked with medically complex patients
• There is a lack of support staff such as PAs, nurse practitioners, and midwives, with midwives working without a contract for two years
• Dr. Adegoke expresses concern about the impact of benefit cuts and lack of compensation for seniority on recruiting and retaining experienced providers to address maternal mortality in black and brown populations