CHP Barrington OB/GYN Adds Certified Nurse-Midwife

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Gretchen Chase-Rey

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — CHP Barrington OB/GYN has welcomed a new certified nurse-midwife to the Great Barrington women's health care practice.

Gretchen Chase-Rey has worked since 2015 as a certified nurse-midwife, practicing at a federally qualified health center in Flint, Mich., and at a hospital-based medical practice in that area. 

Prior to becoming a certified nurse-midwife, she worked as a registered nurse at a Michigan hospital, focused on labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum care. She also worked for many years as a licensed practical nurse in various health care settings. In an earlier career, she worked as an exercise physiologist in a Kentucky-based Toyota plant's wellness center.

Chase-Rey earned her master's degree in nursing in 2014 from Frontier Nursing University in Kentucky and her bachelor's in nursing from Indiana State University in 2009. She also holds a bachelor of science in education from Ferris State University in Michigan and a practical nursing diploma from Central Lakes College in Minnesota. 

She is certified in electronic fetal monitoring, neonatal resuscitation and advanced cardiac life support.


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Dalton Board of Health Approves Green Burial Verbiage

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — The Board of Health approved wording for the green burial guidelines during its meeting on Wednesday. 
 
The guideline stipulates that "Ebola or any other diseases that the CDC or Massachusetts Department of Public Health deem unsuitable for green burials can not be approved by the town Board of Health." 
 
The board has been navigating how to include communicable diseases in its guidelines to prevent them from spreading.  
 
Town Health Agent Agnes Witkowski has been working to clarify the state's guidelines regarding infectious diseases and green burials. 
 
She attended a presentation on green burials and consulted with people from various organizations, including the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where it was determined that the state is behind in developing guidelines for green burials.
 
Currently, the only disease that would prevent someone from being able to have a green burial is ebola, board member Amanda Staples-Opperman said. Bugs would take care of anything else. 
 
The town running into situations surrounding an unknown disease would be a very rare occurrence, board members said. 
 
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