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Dear Jan!
Did you see one of your exstudents on the
tele. Now a Macarthur Midwives Assoc President. I have spoken
directly with Morris Iemma this evening an he assured me that the government is
committed to getting Camden up and running as a midwifery led unit like Ryde in
the near future. We had a good talk and as devestated as I am by the news
that births will have to occur at Campbelltown in the interim, I hope that I am
not being naive about being pleased to go midwifery led.
Thank you for your support and much of this rally
will focus on the wonderful work midwives do and that we provide the best and
most appropriate care for women having babies. Time to start telling the
community about how wonderful we are so that they will all be demanding our
services.
Sonja
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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 7:23
PM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Camden
Rally
Hi Sonja
I'm unable to get there tomorrow but one of my
clients (very pregnant) is going .. Jodie Dearsly plus 2 girls + bump
Lynne
Gross may also go, but I haven't heard back from her.
I hope the rally is a
rip,roaring success ... I
've been listening to this evening's news while
doing my email and they are making it sound that it is very poor management to
have births spread over two campuses -- bad management for who? This is all
part of the plan for 'streamlining' maternity services across the state and
have ALL women birth in 'centres of excellence' and then trapus back to a
postnatal unit nearer to their homes. I heard Professor Dwyer on this one at a
talk he gave at Royal North Shore Hospital ... although I publicly protested
about the inevitable labour complications that occur when you remove women
from all their support systems (and their carer) to give birth not one midwife
at the meeting (and they were there from all over the state) backed me
up.
I hope the message gets across loud and clear tomorrow that healthy
women do not need doctors to give birth ... and women prefer continuity of
care from their midwives when they are preparing for normal births without
drugs etc etc.
There is an adequate ambulance service to transfer any
mother or baby should unexpected complications occur. It would take no longer
for a woman to get from Camden to Campbelltown by ambulance than it would for
her to get to Campletown from her own home.
All the best
Jan
Jan Robinson
Independent Midwife Practitioner
National Coordinator Australian Society of
Independent Midwives
8 Robin Crescent South Hurstville NSW 2221 Phone/Fax:
02 9546 4350
e-mail address: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> website:
www.midwiferyeducation.com.au
On 7 Feb, 2005,
at 15:40, Barry & Sonja wrote:
Once again Camden Maternity
and Birth Centre are holding a rally in conjunction with the
community. As you would be aware Camden is under threat of
closing. A review was conducted 2-3 weeks ago and we still have not
heard what the recommendations are. However, on the grapevine we have
heard that the recommendations were given to the Minister early last
week.
We
would be more than happy for any of you to join
us
this
Saturday 12th Feb 11am at the AH& I
Building,
Argyle
St Camden to demand community and consumer input into local, safe maternity
care. We are sick of being dictated to by the paternalistic medical
profession.
Sonja
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