Re: [ozmidwifery] midwifery in India
Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] midwifery in India Hi Julie I’ve lost all my contacts with India now, but you could get information via the College if you are a member. Contact national office via the hotline and ask Bethany if she could send you the contact details for the President of any professional midwifery bodies in that country. There would probably be an ICM contact as well as UNICEF. The Indian professional bodies should be able to tell you where all the midwifery action is. One other contact you might try is Dr Shaun Matthews a Sydney GP who regularly gives time to the Indian people on a volunteer basis. He may know of the best places to see midwives in action. Try 02 9665 2164 or mobile 0404 251 079 to contact him. Other avenues to explore would be Volunteers Abroad or Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders) Tel 1300 136 061 www.msf.org.au My last experience with Indian midwives was at the HBA Conference in Byron Bay. There were two Indian lecturers studying over here who came to hear Germaine Greer speak. Both told me that they were very concerned that the students were having difficulty getting homebirth experience now as with the privatisation of medicine there were many obstetricians pushing the affluent men to have their wives attended by obstetricians. The midwife lecturers assured me the women did not want this and preferred the midwives to visit them at home but the influence of the obstetricians was increasing as wealthy families were continuing to invest in building private hospitals. Good luck with your searching. Jan __ Jan Robinson Phone/fax: 011+ 61+ 2+ 9546 4350 Independent Midwife Practitioner e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 8 Robin Crescent www: midwiferyeducation.com.au South Hurstville NSW 2221 National Coordinator, ASIM __ On 7/6/03 9:27 PM, "Julie Garratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello wise people:) A few of the Bmid students and I are planing a trip to India this Christmas to experience midwifery in another culture. What we're wondering is have any of you been over there and had any birth experiences with Indian women. Do you think we could volenteer at a hospital or midwifery clinic? Does anyone have any contacts? Were only in the planning stages at the moment and your imput would be great. Cheers, Julie'',
Re: [ozmidwifery] midwifery in India
Hi Julie, Not sure about being wise but I may be able to help you with your plan to visit India. In January this year, I happened to be in India and visited 2 big private hospitals in Delhi - Ganga Ram and the Apollo. Managed to talk a few key people, Administrator, DON, Head of School of Nursing, Obstetricians etc. I am pretty sure they would welcome volunteers. In fact, the Head of SON of Ganga Ram asked me if there is any exchange program in placed so the nurses could gain experience in Australia. If you like to know more, please email off the list so I could give you a few contacts. Just need to hunt for them. I had some photos as well of my visit. Ping Bullock (nee Lerchbacher)PO Box 5569Mackay Mail CentreMackay 4741 Phone: 07 49 527 640Mobile: 0422 583 825Fax: 07 49 527 606 - Original Message - From: Julie Garratt To: Ozmid ; Bmid Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 9:27 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] midwifery in India Hello wise people:) A few of the Bmid students and I are planing a trip to India this Christmas to experience midwifery in another culture. What we're wondering is have any of you been over there and had any birth experiences with Indian women. Do you think we could volenteer at a hospital or midwifery clinic? Does anyone have any contacts? Were only in the planning stages at the moment and your imput would be great. Cheers, Julie'', ---Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).Version: 6.0.488 / Virus Database: 287 - Release Date: 05/06/2003
Re: [ozmidwifery] midwifery in India
Hi Laraine and all,
We're planning to go for four or five weeks. Id
love you to pass on your friends info as it would be great to know someone when
we get there. Please feel free to email me privately with any non list info but
if its mid related I think we're all probably interested:)
I did wonder about the culture shock of being there
and coming home, you sum it up quite well I imagine.
Thankyou, Julie'',
- Original Message -
From:
Laraine
Hood
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] midwifery in
India
Hi Julie, I spent 3 weeks in India at the
beginning of this year on a volunteer medical mission - hoping to see
home births etc. Unfortunately there was a huge push to have the rural
women birth in the hospitals, with them being offered 'family planning
operations' after their 2nd baby. Often cash incentives
accompanied this 'offer'. I also have a friend who is currently there
and I will get her details of the hospital etc and forward them to you.
It will be an amazing, eye opening experience for you and well worth
it. How long are you going for?? Also, be prepared for culture shock when you go but an even bigger one
when you come back as you will all have changed but those around you at home
won't have. It will be really important for you to debrief well, as a
group, and as individuals. It was an incredible experience for me that taught
me a lot about me and how fortunate we are to live in Oz. Good luck and keep
us posted, Laraine- Original Message -
From:
Julie Garratt
To: Ozmid ; Bmid
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 7:27
PM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] midwifery in
India
Hello wise people:)
A few of the Bmid students and I are planing a trip to India this Christmas
to experience midwifery in another culture. What we're wondering is have any
of you been over there and had any birth experiences with Indian women.
Do you think we could volunteer at a hospital
or midwifery clinic?
Does anyone have any contacts?
Were only in the planning stages at the
moment and your input would be great.
Cheers,
Julie'',
Re: [ozmidwifery] midwifery in India
Hi Julie, I spent 3 weeks in India at the beginning of this year on a volunteer medical mission - hoping to see home births etc. Unfortunately there was a huge push to have the rural women birth in the hospitals, with them being offered 'family planning operations' after their 2nd baby. Often cash incentives accompanied this 'offer'. I also have a friend who is currently there and I will get her details of the hospital etc and forward them to you. It will be an amazing, eye opening experience for you and well worth it. How long are you going for?? Also, be prepared for culture shock when you go but an even bigger one when you come back as you will all have changed but those around you at home won't have. It will be really important for you to debrief well, as a group, and as individuals. It was an incredible experience for me that taught me a lot about me and how fortunate we are to live in Oz. Good luck and keep us posted, Laraine- Original Message - From: Julie Garratt To: Ozmid ; Bmid Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 7:27 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] midwifery in India Hello wise people:) A few of the Bmid students and I are planing a trip to India this Christmas to experience midwifery in another culture. What we're wondering is have any of you been over there and had any birth experiences with Indian women. Do you think we could volenteer at a hospital or midwifery clinic? Does anyone have any contacts? Were only in the planning stages at the moment and your imput would be great. Cheers, Julie'',
Re: [ozmidwifery] midwifery in India
I know some years back one of the midwives I worked with at KEMH used to volunteer at Mother Teresa's hospital in Calcutta. I have no idea how you would go about organising that - maybe contact Internation Red Cross? Kirsten From: "Julie Garratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Ozmid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"Bmid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [ozmidwifery] midwifery in India Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 20:57:02 +0930 Hello wise people:) A few of the Bmid students and I are planing a trip to India this Christmas to experience midwifery in another culture. What we're wondering is have any of you been over there and had any birth experiences with Indian women. Do you think we could volenteer at a hospital or midwifery clinic? Does anyone have any contacts? Were only in the planning stages at the moment and your imput would be great. Cheers, Julie'', _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
[ozmidwifery] midwifery in India
Hello wise people:) A few of the Bmid students and I are planing a trip to India this Christmas to experience midwifery in another culture. What we're wondering is have any of you been over there and had any birth experiences with Indian women. Do you think we could volenteer at a hospital or midwifery clinic? Does anyone have any contacts? Were only in the planning stages at the moment and your imput would be great. Cheers, Julie'',
