20 August 2024

Outrage at shock closure of Camperdown maternity unit

The Camperdown community, expectant mothers and birthing staff at Camperdown Hospital are outraged at the immediate downgrading – and effective closure – of their maternity service, reducing it from low-risk birthing to nil-birthing, with no notice given and for no good reason.

The Rural Doctors Association of Victoria, Australian College of Midwives and Maternity Consumer Network have also been so outraged by the decision that they have raised their concerns directly with the Victorian Minister for Health, Mary-Anne Thomas MP, and called for the maternity service to be immediately reinstated.

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