The NZ College of Midwives is pleased that consultation concerns voiced by midwives, women and the community have been heard by the Whanganui and MidCentral District Health Boards.
The DHB’s announced on Monday that the consultation period around a proposal to remove full maternity services from Whanganui Hospital, has been extended by four weeks.
Around 300 people turned out this afternoon in Whanganui to support midwives, mothers, whanau and the local community in their fight to keep full maternity services at Whanganui Hospital.
Local MP Tariana Turia is calling for comprehensive information for the community to fully understand the implications of the removal of acute maternity and gynaecological services from Whanganui Hospital.
It is time for the Government and DHBs to listen to health professionals who are concerned about proposed changes to maternity services in Whanganui and Palmerston North says Palmerston North MP Iain Lees-Galloway.
Wanganui and Palmerston North DHB midwives are united in their opposition the loss of full maternity services from Whanganui Hospital.
Members of the midwifery union MERAS, say if implemented, the change proposal will deprive Whanganui women of a secondary care maternity facility and the safety of so many more women travelling to give birth in Palmerston North is more compromised than under the current arrangements.
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is concerned that a proposal to shut down specialist maternity services in Whanganui and move them to Palmerston North will be a disaster for women, babies and their whanau who live in the area. The proposal also plans to move elective gynaecology services from Palmerston North to Whanganui.
Necrotising fasciitis, the bacterial disease that results in the destruction of soft tissue (otherwise known as flesh-eating disease) has been diagnosed in a Manawatu patient.
UCOL Nursing students Kelly Harding and Danica Thompson have taken a little boy’s fight for life to heart.
The pair has organized a fundraiser for two year old Chase Topperwien who is fighting a courageous battle against acute myeloid leukemia.
