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Obstetrics, anaesthetics jobs sit vacant as regional Queensland grapples with worsening maternity crisis

Prominent Queensland obstetrician Gino Pecoraro has called for Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to attend a maternity forum next week to show she’s interested in solutions.

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One in three women with female health conditions forced to wait three years for diagnosis

Exclusive: ‘The women I see have been waiting for a long time. They are clearly suffering physically and mentally. It is impacting their work life, their family life,’ consultant in obstetrics and gynaecology says

The Independent UK

NUH speaks of 'deepest regret' as it admits failing to provide safe care to baby Wynter Andrews

It's the first time Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust has been taken to court

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Gladstone Hospital's maternity unit to provide 24/7 emergency obstetrics cover for first time in six months

Gladstone Hospital will offer 24/7 emergency caesareans as it was revealed Queensland Health has a 15 per cent vacancy rate for doctors in the state's rural and remote regions.

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After a hospital stopped delivering babies, Deep East Texas faces a growing maternity care crisis

Women in Deep East Texas drive over an hour to give birth after the last obstetrics unit in the area closed in 2019. But if closing the unit was hard, reopening it is proving nearly impossible.

The Texas Tribune

Further calls for Trust board to resign over SWAH controversy

Anger and confusion are continuing to build over the handling of the withdrawal of emergency surgical services

Belfast Live

Qld government sacks Mackay Hospital board

The Queensland government has sacked the board of Mackay Hospital after multiple women complained about its gynaecology and obstetrics department.

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Private equity in the maternity ward

Hospitals are partnering with private equity to open "obstetrics emergency departments" — with big medical bills

Salon

Abortion access looms over medical residency applications

Students in obstetrics-gynecology and family medicine are facing tough choices about where to advance their training in a landscape where legal access to abortion varies from state to state

The Independent UK

Mackay Base Hospital obstetrics unit victims meet Yvette D'Ath

A dozen women who fell victim to lifelong injuries and trauma at the Mackay Base Hospital have been left with more questions after a visit from the health minister.

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Baby, that bill is high: Private equity ‘gambit’ squeezes excessive ER charges from routine births

Elizabeth Huffner thinks it is obvious: A full-term, healthy pregnancy results in a birth.

Tribune News Service

Provision of maternity services to be hit across Australia after damning Mackay Base Hospital report findings

A damning report into the Mackay Base Hospital's obstetrics and gynaecology unit is expected to create shock waves for maternity services across Australia.

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Vic doctor's critical obstetrics failure

A consultant medical services director could be reprimanded for her governance failures at Djerriwarrh Health Service, where a cluster of babies died.

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Mackay Base Hospital obstetrics and gynaecology services report finds 'inadequate care' contributed to death of babies, women harmed

An independent review into Mackay Base Hospital's obstetric and gynaecological services has found "many examples of care" that fell below an acceptable standard, including cases of women who had "sustained lifelong physical and mental harm".

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Medical schools, students review training amid abortion bans

Ghazaleh Moayedi credits many of her strengths as a Texas-based obstetrician-gynecologist to training related to abortion. Outpatient abortion training builds bedside manner and teaches practical technical skills outside of a hospital, she says.

Roll Call

Medical schools, students review training amid abortion bans - Roll Call

The Supreme Court's Dobbs decision on abortion has medical schools and students reviewing training amid worry about lost skills.

Salon

Who's going to teach abortion now?

The dismantling of reproductive rights starts with OB-GYNs, many of whom aren't trained to terminate pregnancies

The Conversation

How do epidurals work? And why is there a global shortage of them?

More than 40% of people in Australia who access pain relief during labour use epidurals. That amounts to around 92,000 epidurals a year. They’re also used for pain relief outside obstetrics.

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Delhi: 21-year-old delivers baby in open at Safdarjung hospital

NEW DELHI: The Union health ministry de-rostered five doctors of Safdarjung Hospital’s obstetrics and gynaecology division on Tuesday following reports of a 21-year-old woman delivering outside the gynaecology room because she wasn’t hospitalised in time.

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Gladstone Hospital maternity unit on bypass with women forced to go to Rockhampton to give birth

A representative body for obstetricians says it predicted the situation several years ago when the former Mater Hospital was bought by the state government and incorporated into the public facility.

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Mackay Base Hospital's former director of obstetrics and gynaecology George Campbell Du Toit banned from practising surgery

Queensland's Health Ombudsman bans former director of obstetrics and gynaecology at Mackay Base Hospital from practising surgery after complaints from women who claimed to have had complications.

Chicago Sun-Times

Abortion bans could leave close to half of U.S. obstetrics residents with inadequate training

OB/GYN accreditation rules require training in abortions for medical residents, who might use the same skills for treating miscarriages and other complications, doctors say.

The Conversation

England appoints first ever women's health ambassador – here's what she should focus on

The government recently appointed Dame Lesley Regan, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at Imperial College London, as the first women’s health ambassador for England. The new role has been created to help close the gender health gap.

The Conversation

What is a medication, or medical, abortion? 5 questions answered by 3 doctors

Abortion access is in the headlines after Politico released a leaked draft Supreme Court opinion by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. advising the overturn of Roe v. Wade. On May 4, 2022, SciLine, a nonprofit, independent service that connects scientists to journalists, interviewed three medical experts to answer questions about…

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Suspended senior doctor resigns from Mackay Base Hospital amid review into obstetrics and gynaecology

A senior Queensland doctor — who was suspended five months ago amid an independent review into obstetrics and gynaecology at the Mackay Base Hospital — resigns.

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