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Maternity is at crisis point, with a shortage of 200 midwives in hospitals nationwide. Kirsten Van Newtown started a petition for the government to start taking it seriously after her experience with a high risk pregnancy at Wellington hospital.
Year after year, babies are being born into a dangerously under-resourced maternity system. With hospital wards nationwide short 200 midwives and women having to fight for basic care, the minister previously in charge of the sector questions the political will to fix the problem. National Correspondent Michelle Duff investigates. Hours after Kelly gave birth by emergency c-section, she was ordered to get up and change her own maternity pad.
Minister Little recieves
his vaccination
“The theme for World Health Day 2021
is ‘building a fairer, healthier world for everyone’ –
a theme that certainly resonates in the wake of how COVID-19
has affected so many whānau around Aotearoa,” Minister
Little said.
“Vaccination is the safest and most
effective way to protect people against COVID-19. The
vaccination programme will help put the nation back on track
so we can once again put our full focus on improving the
equity and outcomes of our health system.
“The work
that Capital & Coast DHB is doing across the region is
an enormous part of that,” Minister Little
Thursday, 4 March 2021, 5:21 pm
Capital & Coast DHB is today excited to announce that
the integrated Child Health Service and new children’s
hospital will be named Te Wao Nui – ‘The Great Forest of
Tāne’ – in recognition of the cultural significance and
life-giving properties that Māori associate with the
forest.
The name will take effect when the service
transitions into the new children’s hospital building from
late 2021 and was developed in collaboration with tamariki,
CCDHB’s Māori Partnership Board, the Wellington Hospitals
Foundation, Child Health staff, and Weta
Workshop.
“Te Wao Nui reflects the ecosystem of
integrated health services designed for the tamariki,
Press Release – Capital and Coast District Health Board
Capital & Coast DHB is today excited to announce that the integrated Child Health Service and new children’s hospital will be named Te Wao Nui – ‘The Great Forest of Tāne’ – in recognition of the cultural significance and life-giving properties that Māori associate with the forest.
The name will take effect when the service transitions into the new children’s hospital building from late 2021 and was developed in collaboration with tamariki, CCDHB’s Māori Partnership Board, the Wellington Hospitals Foundation, Child Health staff, and Weta Workshop.
“Te Wao Nui reflects the ecosystem of integrated health services designed for the tamariki, rangatahi and whānau of central Aotearoa,” said Hutt Valley and Capital & Coast DHBs Chief Executive Fionnagh Dougan.