korero

A newborn baby lost her life on Friday after leaving Wellington Hospital five hours after her birth. Her parents are convinced that this tragedy was avoidable. The devastated father, 28, said yesterday that though he and his wife, also 28, were not forced to leave the hospital, it was
not made clear they could stay if they wanted to. The parents did not see a doctor or a nurse after the birth. When they asked their midwife how long they would stay, she told them they could go home immediately if they wanted. "They were the professionals with the experience and we relied on their advice. No one ever expressed any doubt about her going home. We do not blame anyone - the midwife and the hospital staff did agood job - but we are speaking out because we do not want this tragedy to happen to anyone else."
Shouldn't a doctor have checked the mum and baby out before they went home? Where's the minimum standards???
You have to wonder about Capital & Coast District Health Board and their plan to make this the norm. Third world care by a third world health system. Here we are with some 9 billion in extra money the government want to use as tax bribes in an election but we can't afford to have a modern successful health system. Time for this government to go. Trouble is, the alternative is no better. This situation is obscene.

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