SA birthing services
January 4, 2016
COUNTRY Health South Australia
has announced that birthing
services in Jamestown will resume
from January 04, 2016, after closing
its doors for Christmas due to a
shortage in midwives.
Services were transferred to
other centres, which sparked public
concerns that the unit would not
reopen after the holidays.
“We have been working to find a
solution to ensure safe, high-quality
birthing services at Jamestown
Hospital,” said Lyn Olsen, the
director of nursing and midwifery
for Country Health SA.
“Arrangements have now been
agreed to by staff at Jamestown
and neighbouring hospitals which
will now allow birthing services to
resume on January 04”.
Olsen says that while the new
arrangement will provide a good
short term solution, “we will
continue to actively advertise and
recruit midwives”.
“Our first priority will always be
the safety of mothers and their
babies,” she said.
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