The group that rallied to save the Leamington OB program is calling the secured funding a hollow victory after the town's only OB/GYN has decided to move on.
They say the uncertainty the government caused surrounding the program resulted in that loss.
Group member Karen DeYong expects it will be hard for the hospital to secure someone new.
"The instability of funding makes it so it doesn't appeal to professionals. Who would want to relocate their family to a community and work at a unit that has to fight for funding and may close any day?" says DeYong.
Leamington District Memorial Hospital officials are confident they will have a new obstetrician in place by June 2016, when the current OB is expected to move.
