Hi Tania, I have worked in Colac for nearly 6 years
having grown up in the area, moving away (as far as Mareeba!).then back again
when I had my babies.Other than this HUGE problem with lack of surgical
cover at times, usually only on a weekend, it truly is a great little hospital
to work
Hey Tanya,
We in Mareeba have the 1 hour travel, you have 1 1/2 hrs. Should
one be transferring by Amublance you can add nearly another half
hour to that by the time you organise the transfer your end and
they get up to Cairns birth suite the other end.
I see you have some midwife antenatal
All Qlf consumers and midwives should be making the
most of the current need of the Beattie govt to get positive news about anything
out of Qld Health !!
Denise Hynd
"Let us support one another, not just in philosophy but in action, for the
sake of freedom for all women to choose exactly
I am truly envious of the progress you are all
making towrds this soprt of thing. We in Colac are currently facing (from
16/6 to 17/7) having no general surgeon in town, as he is on holidays.
This means that we are not allowed to acceptANY primips in this time. It was all we could do to
Hi Paulahow long have you worked in Colac
for? Are you from that area? I am just showing interest as my
husband's family live in Camperdown. We live in Far North Qld. Were
i am working in a small rural hospital in Atherton...we also face closures over
weekends from time to time, which
Well I am pleased to announce (before anyone else
does, given that we didmost ofthe hard work) that a Birth Centre
should be operational in Townsville by the end of the year. Talks with the
District Director, Ken Whelan,for our region last week were enough to get
our hopes up then we hear
Congratulations Townsville alright!
Kirsten
Darwin
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Subject: [ozmidwifery] A birth
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