Re: Spam Alert: RE: [ozmidwifery] Queensland Midwives - Response required
Whats your e-mail address I would likea copy of the letter. Regard Dot Thomas ---Original Message--- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, March 08, 2004 18:40:13 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Spam Alert: RE: [ozmidwifery] Queensland Midwives - Response required Just returned from QNU workshop on "Knowing your entitlements". Midwives from Royal Brisbane-Women's have drafted a powerful letter. Our midwives have adapted that letter and many have signed and ready to be sent to the Premier and Gordon Nutall. If anyone want a copy of the letter, please email me off the list. The maternity units could not function without the hospital trained midwives. Ping Bullock ---Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).Version: 6.0.616 / Virus Database: 395 - Release Date: 08/03/2004 IncrediMail - Email has finally evolved - Click Here
[ozmidwifery] Disturbing report in the SMH
This article is in today's Sydney Morning Herald. There is no mention of the reason for the caesarean, which would have been interesting. This kind of tragedy highlights the potential effects of epidurals and the appalling loss of the notes that goes on. --- Misdiagnosis that led to mother's death 'defies belief' By Natasha Wallace March 10, 2004 A woman died of an epidural abscess after doctors at Prince of Wales Private Hospital and at two regional hospitals made hurried diagnoses and then failed to take responsibility for her postnatal care, a coroner's court was told yesterday. Handing down his findings into the death of Caroline Anderson, the deputy state coroner, Carl Milovanovich, said it defied belief that she died after an uneventful caesarean birth. Ms Anderson, 37, of Warren in central-western NSW, died on May 5, 2001, less than a month after giving birth, when an epidural abscess burst, spreading the infection to her brain and resulting in bacterial meningitis. Ms Anderson's husband, Evan Jones, has been left to care for their children, Digby, now two, Basil, six, and Claudia, seven. Doctors at Prince of Wales Private, Warren District and Dubbo Base hospitals failed to diagnose Ms Anderson's condition, despite her severe leg and back pain, headaches and fever. Instead, she was misdiagnosed as having mechanical back pain, sacroiliitis, mastitis, even an overdose of pain-killers. Of the three doctors who considered an epidural abscess, none ordered an MRI scan, the only way to rule it out. Mr Milovanovich told Dubbo Coroner's Court: Each of the doctors who treated or saw Caroline was hasty in reaching a diagnosis and felt comfortable with the notion that any major problem would be picked up by someone else down the track. Not one doctor accepted a global responsibility for Caroline. He said Ms Anderson's gynaecologist at Prince of Wales, Dr John Grey, was responsible for her overall postnatal care and should have realised that something was seriously wrong. He has referred the matter to the Health Care Complaints Commission. A week after being discharged from Prince of Wales on April 17, Ms Anderson was taken to Dubbo Base with severe back pain, but her admitting doctor, Michael Ferres, forgot to see her, which Mr Milovanovich described as a major departure from accepted medical practice. A medical registrar, Patrick Groenstein, who diagnosed Ms Anderson with sacroiliitis on April 26, was the last medical practitioner who had an opportunity to make decisions in regard to her diagnosis and treatment at a time when appropriate medical intervention may well have saved her life, Mr Milovanovich said. Dr Groenstein said he could not find her records at the time - his notes have also since gone missing - and did not consult the emergency specialist, Jamie Christie, who had ordered blood tests because he thought Ms Anderson had a 30 per cent chance of having an abscess. Dr Christie did not record the diagnosis of an epidural abscess, which Mr Milovanovich said was a grave omission. He was disturbed by the too regular incident of notes, either taken or purportedly taken, being lost. Outside court yesterday, Mr Jones said his wife's death would be a comedy of errors if it wasn't so tragic. The lack of record-keeping was a thread which ran through her entire management, he said. Her anaesthetist at Prince of Wales, Dr Clive Collier, admitted at the inquest to filling in her medical records four days after her death. Mr Jones said the Health Care Complaints Commission told him yesterday Ms Anderson's case would be made a priority and an investigative team had been established. A coronial investigator, Detective Sergeant Michael O'Rourke, said it was clear from the coroner's findings today that tragically Caroline Anderson seems to have fallen through the cracks. Mr Jones has brought civil actions against the hospitals and doctors in the Supreme Court. It remains unclear whether Ms Anderson contracted the golden staph bacteria at Prince of Wales Private, although one expert told the inquest it was likely. --- - Andrea Robertson Birth International * ACE Graphics * Associates in Childbirth Education e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.birthinternational.com -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe.
Re: [ozmidwifery] Disturbing report in the SMH
This story was on the 7.30 Report on ABC TV last night. Very sad and so tragic. Rather than the potential effects of epidurals I think this highlights bad practice and cover-ups. From what I could gather she was having a repeat (and so elective c/s). On TV it sounded like staff kept wanting her to be routine, and well she wasn't. Very, very sad. I also don't believe the notes were not done, they have in deed gone missing. Perhaps and argument for having it all on computer, then some techy could find them. marilyn - Original Message - From: Andrea Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 6:54 AM Subject: [ozmidwifery] Disturbing report in the SMH This article is in today's Sydney Morning Herald. There is no mention of the reason for the caesarean, which would have been interesting. This kind of tragedy highlights the potential effects of epidurals and the appalling loss of the notes that goes on. --- Misdiagnosis that led to mother's death 'defies belief' By Natasha Wallace March 10, 2004 A woman died of an epidural abscess after doctors at Prince of Wales Private Hospital and at two regional hospitals made hurried diagnoses and then failed to take responsibility for her postnatal care, a coroner's court was told yesterday. Handing down his findings into the death of Caroline Anderson, the deputy state coroner, Carl Milovanovich, said it defied belief that she died after an uneventful caesarean birth. Ms Anderson, 37, of Warren in central-western NSW, died on May 5, 2001, less than a month after giving birth, when an epidural abscess burst, spreading the infection to her brain and resulting in bacterial meningitis. Ms Anderson's husband, Evan Jones, has been left to care for their children, Digby, now two, Basil, six, and Claudia, seven. Doctors at Prince of Wales Private, Warren District and Dubbo Base hospitals failed to diagnose Ms Anderson's condition, despite her severe leg and back pain, headaches and fever. Instead, she was misdiagnosed as having mechanical back pain, sacroiliitis, mastitis, even an overdose of pain-killers. Of the three doctors who considered an epidural abscess, none ordered an MRI scan, the only way to rule it out. Mr Milovanovich told Dubbo Coroner's Court: Each of the doctors who treated or saw Caroline was hasty in reaching a diagnosis and felt comfortable with the notion that any major problem would be picked up by someone else down the track. Not one doctor accepted a global responsibility for Caroline. He said Ms Anderson's gynaecologist at Prince of Wales, Dr John Grey, was responsible for her overall postnatal care and should have realised that something was seriously wrong. He has referred the matter to the Health Care Complaints Commission. A week after being discharged from Prince of Wales on April 17, Ms Anderson was taken to Dubbo Base with severe back pain, but her admitting doctor, Michael Ferres, forgot to see her, which Mr Milovanovich described as a major departure from accepted medical practice. A medical registrar, Patrick Groenstein, who diagnosed Ms Anderson with sacroiliitis on April 26, was the last medical practitioner who had an opportunity to make decisions in regard to her diagnosis and treatment at a time when appropriate medical intervention may well have saved her life, Mr Milovanovich said. Dr Groenstein said he could not find her records at the time - his notes have also since gone missing - and did not consult the emergency specialist, Jamie Christie, who had ordered blood tests because he thought Ms Anderson had a 30 per cent chance of having an abscess. Dr Christie did not record the diagnosis of an epidural abscess, which Mr Milovanovich said was a grave omission. He was disturbed by the too regular incident of notes, either taken or purportedly taken, being lost. Outside court yesterday, Mr Jones said his wife's death would be a comedy of errors if it wasn't so tragic. The lack of record-keeping was a thread which ran through her entire management, he said. Her anaesthetist at Prince of Wales, Dr Clive Collier, admitted at the inquest to filling in her medical records four days after her death. Mr Jones said the Health Care Complaints Commission told him yesterday Ms Anderson's case would be made a priority and an investigative team had been established. A coronial investigator, Detective Sergeant Michael O'Rourke, said it was clear from the coroner's findings today that tragically Caroline Anderson seems to have fallen through the cracks. Mr Jones has brought civil actions against the hospitals and doctors in the Supreme Court. It remains unclear whether Ms Anderson contracted the golden staph bacteria at Prince of Wales Private, although one expert told the inquest it was likely. --- - Andrea Robertson Birth International * ACE Graphics *
[ozmidwifery] [Fwd: Electronic petition for paid maternity leave]
Might be of interest to some. Trish ---BeginMessage--- Title: Electronic petition for paid maternity leave Dear Colleagues and Friends, This year, I marked International Womens Day 2004 by launching an electronic petition for Paid Maternity Leave. The Governments refusal to adopt a national scheme of Government-funded paid maternity leave is a key area in which it is failing Australian women. Australia is one of just two OECD countries which do not provide this entitlement to employees, and two thirds of Australian women - mostly in lower paid positions - do not have access to paid maternity leave. The UK has 26 weeks. The issue of paid maternity leave is not a new one for us - I have been campaigning on this issue since long before the last election and I introduced Australia's first paid maternity leave legislation - for 14 weeks Government-funded leave at the Federal minimum wage - in May 2002. This electronic petition is the latest step in the fight for this basic right. I urge Australians to make their voices heard on this issue, by adding their names to the petition, which can be found at: www.democrats.org.au/campaigns/paid_mat/petition.htm A downloadable hard copy of the petition is also available at this address. To give as many Australians the opportunity to be heard on this issue, we would be grateful if you could forward this email to colleagues and friends who may be interested. Yours sincerely, Natasha Stott Despoja Australian Democrats' Work and Family spokesperson ---End Message---
Re: [ozmidwifery] Queensland Midwives - Response required
Title: RE: [ozmidwifery] Queensland Midwives - Response required Me too Ping - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Many thanks - Lynne - Original Message - From: Sandra J. Eales To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 3:53 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Queensland Midwives - Response required Ping I don't have your email but would be interested in seeing your letter. My address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Sandra - Original Message - From: hplerchbacher To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 12:31 PM Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] Queensland Midwives - Response required Just returned from QNU workshop on "Knowing your entitlements". Midwives from Royal Brisbane-Women's have drafted a powerful letter. Our midwives have adapted that letter and many have signed and ready to be sent to the Premier and Gordon Nutall. If anyone want a copy of the letter, please email me off the list. The maternity units could not function without the hospital trained midwives. Ping Bullock ---Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).Version: 6.0.616 / Virus Database: 395 - Release Date: 08/03/2004
Re: [ozmidwifery] Disturbing report in the SMH
I also find it all part of our culture/sociteies lack of reflection of what we see as safe childbirth, to interfere with a natural part of life in other more primitive cultures and turn it into a medical event and note ask the larger questions even as part of such a disaster which should have been a joyful and triumphant occasion! And not ask why our women have so much trouble and need to go to a hospital to birth there is no physiological difference between them and those who birth at home ? So how can some do it at home be healthy, proud and happy whilst others have to resort to having many needles, procedures and drugs in many ways, and still not be happy or healthy??. Hospitals are full of resistant bactereia so surely that is not the place to birth, to have all our most vulenerable?? Denise - Original Message - From: Andrea Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 10:54 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] Disturbing report in the SMH This article is in today's Sydney Morning Herald. There is no mention of the reason for the caesarean, which would have been interesting. This kind of tragedy highlights the potential effects of epidurals and the appalling loss of the notes that goes on. --- Misdiagnosis that led to mother's death 'defies belief' By Natasha Wallace March 10, 2004 A woman died of an epidural abscess after doctors at Prince of Wales Private Hospital and at two regional hospitals made hurried diagnoses and then failed to take responsibility for her postnatal care, a coroner's court was told yesterday. Handing down his findings into the death of Caroline Anderson, the deputy state coroner, Carl Milovanovich, said it defied belief that she died after an uneventful caesarean birth. Ms Anderson, 37, of Warren in central-western NSW, died on May 5, 2001, less than a month after giving birth, when an epidural abscess burst, spreading the infection to her brain and resulting in bacterial meningitis. Ms Anderson's husband, Evan Jones, has been left to care for their children, Digby, now two, Basil, six, and Claudia, seven. Doctors at Prince of Wales Private, Warren District and Dubbo Base hospitals failed to diagnose Ms Anderson's condition, despite her severe leg and back pain, headaches and fever. Instead, she was misdiagnosed as having mechanical back pain, sacroiliitis, mastitis, even an overdose of pain-killers. Of the three doctors who considered an epidural abscess, none ordered an MRI scan, the only way to rule it out. Mr Milovanovich told Dubbo Coroner's Court: Each of the doctors who treated or saw Caroline was hasty in reaching a diagnosis and felt comfortable with the notion that any major problem would be picked up by someone else down the track. Not one doctor accepted a global responsibility for Caroline. He said Ms Anderson's gynaecologist at Prince of Wales, Dr John Grey, was responsible for her overall postnatal care and should have realised that something was seriously wrong. He has referred the matter to the Health Care Complaints Commission. A week after being discharged from Prince of Wales on April 17, Ms Anderson was taken to Dubbo Base with severe back pain, but her admitting doctor, Michael Ferres, forgot to see her, which Mr Milovanovich described as a major departure from accepted medical practice. A medical registrar, Patrick Groenstein, who diagnosed Ms Anderson with sacroiliitis on April 26, was the last medical practitioner who had an opportunity to make decisions in regard to her diagnosis and treatment at a time when appropriate medical intervention may well have saved her life, Mr Milovanovich said. Dr Groenstein said he could not find her records at the time - his notes have also since gone missing - and did not consult the emergency specialist, Jamie Christie, who had ordered blood tests because he thought Ms Anderson had a 30 per cent chance of having an abscess. Dr Christie did not record the diagnosis of an epidural abscess, which Mr Milovanovich said was a grave omission. He was disturbed by the too regular incident of notes, either taken or purportedly taken, being lost. Outside court yesterday, Mr Jones said his wife's death would be a comedy of errors if it wasn't so tragic. The lack of record-keeping was a thread which ran through her entire management, he said. Her anaesthetist at Prince of Wales, Dr Clive Collier, admitted at the inquest to filling in her medical records four days after her death. Mr Jones said the Health Care Complaints Commission told him yesterday Ms Anderson's case would be made a priority and an investigative team had been established. A coronial investigator, Detective Sergeant Michael O'Rourke, said it was clear from the coroner's findings today that tragically Caroline Anderson seems to have fallen through the cracks. Mr Jones has brought civil actions against the hospitals and
[ozmidwifery] Virus on list
The email from zacdan with the attachment is a virus. i think this is Barb Glare's email, although she might not have sent it. Barb Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe.
RE: [ozmidwifery] Queensland Midwives - Response required
Title: Message Dear Ping and all, The national office of the College is very interested in supporting Qld midwives on this issue. I've added this to the agenda of the national executive meeting which is occurring at the end of this week. The Qld Branch of the College will be briefing the national executive on strategies for responding to this too. I'd be grateful if you could email me a copy of the letter you are referring to and I'll table it at the meeting to give a clear picture of the views of Qld midwives and the need for urgent advocacy by the College. thanks Barb. Dr Barbara VernonExecutive OfficerAustralian College of Midwives IncLevel 1, 97 Northbourne AveTURNER ACT 2612Ph: 02 6230 7333Fax: 02 6230 6033 [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.acmi.org.au -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lynne StaffSent: Wednesday, 10 March 2004 10:26 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Queensland Midwives - Response required Me too Ping - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Many thanks - Lynne - Original Message - From: Sandra J. Eales To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 3:53 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Queensland Midwives - Response required Ping I don't have your email but would be interested in seeing your letter. My address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Sandra - Original Message - From: hplerchbacher To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 12:31 PM Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] Queensland Midwives - Response required Just returned from QNU workshop on "Knowing your entitlements". Midwives from Royal Brisbane-Women's have drafted a powerful letter. Our midwives have adapted that letter and many have signed and ready to be sent to the Premier and Gordon Nutall. If anyone want a copy of the letter, please email me off the list. The maternity units could not function without the hospital trained midwives. Ping Bullock ---Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).Version: 6.0.616 / Virus Database: 395 - Release Date: 08/03/2004
[ozmidwifery] Canberra
Just got the news, I'm going to be a Granny. What's happening in Canberra these days? She's already talking about pain and fear. Is the community midwife programme still running?Maureen Ken Maureen Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] attachment: winmail.dat
Re: [ozmidwifery] Canberra
The community midwife program is running and is offering caseload midwifery care. The program is very popular and you need to book very very early. The Women's Centre for Health Matters Canberra runs a 'Having a Baby In Canberra' information evening every Monday (bookings required) about choices in birthing for women. Most women attending are planning a pregnancy or in early pregnancy. Partners welcome. The evening includes discussions on models of care, choices available in Canberra and childbirth preparation classes, yoga etc.. Please see the website htpp://www.womenshealthmatters.org.au There is more information about birthing services in Canberra on this site. Carolyn Pettit - Original Message - From: Ken WArd [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ozmidwifery [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 5:02 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] Canberra Just got the news, I'm going to be a Granny. What's happening in Canberra these days? She's already talking about pain and fear. Is the community midwife programme still running?Maureen Ken Maureen Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe.
[ozmidwifery] re planning your babymoon
Hi all, I am offering "Planning Your Babymoon", creating a gentle environment for your newborn -a 2 hr session at Hawthorn on Friday evening for pregnant and brand new couples. My little bit to counteract all the awful baby training advice BEFORE they are bombarded!!-I have hada ringing phone all day- mums and even a grandmother -its really awful out there with advice not to cuddle/ hold babies -even newborns. Two babies today were only 6, and 7 weeks old. Another 9 month old who has been sleepschooled is nowstressed out and clingy -wont even allow her mother to put her down while she washes her handswithout screaming in terror , and screams when put inher cot at all now--this has been all since sleep school. Why are mums told "THIS IS THE WAY" - not "this is one option and these are the possible risks". so they can make informed choices. If you have any pregnant couples who might like to come along on friday they can phone (03) 98011997 -or contact me through my website www.pinky-mychild.com I also have a Terrific Toddlers workshop on 28 March -continuing gentle options. Pinky
