Qld’s health system has ‘reached a crisis point’ with closure of maternity wards

Qld’s health system has ‘reached a crisis point’ with closure of maternity wards

Sky News host Amanda Stoker says Queensland’s well being system “has reached a crisis point” with the removing of maternity wards and post-natal care providers in a lot of regional areas.

“Without these vital services, regional towns just wither and die,” she mentioned.

Ms Stoker mentioned the state authorities is saying “they don’t think your community is worth it” after they pull these providers from communities comparable to Gladstone, which has 65,000 folks and 600 births a 12 months.

“Women in these districts are now faced with the very real prospect of giving birth by the side of the road – or having to move from home into a city like Rockhampton in the final weeks before the due date.”

Source: www.news.com.au