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Subscriber only Queensland midwives are so overworked many are living scared that they will end up in the coroner s court due to the death of a mum or vulnerable 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. Many of Queensland’s midwives are overworked, leaving them struggling to find the time to complete must-do clinical tasks. 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.
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