[ozmidwifery] No one left to deliver babies

[Nicole Cousins]

I was driving home from night duty yesterday morning.  Listening to the radio (Newcastle Station NXFM).  They were speaking about the front page of the Newcastle Herald stating 4 obstetricians in the Hunter Valley were getting out of obstetrics at the end of the year leaving only one obstetrician.  Any way what made me angry was the female radio speaker 'Kim' made the comment that 'there was going to be no one left to deliver the babies.  'What are women to do?'.  And then she added 'are women going to have to walk into a hospital and have the cleaner deliver the baby'.  Kim then added 'the government should subsides the insurance for the obstetricians.  Which they already do for the rural GP's.  What about independent midwives, where's there subsidy for insurance, oh no wait, where is there insurance cover.  Is this really the belief that women have about having babies?   Anyway thought I would share it with you. Thanks Nicole