OB / Prenatal Program History

Prior to starting the OB/Prenatal Clinic, OTMC identified a community
problem: women, who had no prenatal care because they had no health insurance, were arriving at the Emergency Room to deliver their babies.

OTMC worked to bring together the organizations and people necessary to make the OB/Prenatal Clinic possible. A grant from the Williamsburg Community Health Foundation provides ongoing annual financial support. The private practice physicians of Womancare of Williamsburg and Williamsburg Obstetrics & Gynecology deliver the babies at Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center and the hospital provides financial support to OTMC to employ an obstetrician and furnish laboratory work.

Since opening in 2004, the clinic has provided obstetrical and prenatal services to over 900 expectant mothers. Last year, the program served 188 individuals. Dr. Alan Norman, Medical Director, pointed out, “Our
OB/Prenatal program has ensured that even those without medical
insurance can have healthy pregnancies and babies. It is great that Sentara and local private obstetricians have teamed up with us to
make this possible.”