Overworked midwives terrified of killing a mum or newborn

And the push to ease their dangerous workloads has peaked with almost 100,000 people signing a petition to change the Federal Government policy of counting both mother and baby as one patient.In one gruelling shift a midwife could be looking after six to eight mums but this blows out to 12 to 16 persons when babies are counted. Midwives barely have time to complete their must-do clinical tasks and babies are often left in the care of mothers, many of whom have had C-section surgery. The change.org…



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