Mr. Speaker, I have a return to Written Question 20-16(5) asked by Mr. Abernethy on February 10, 2011, to the Honourable Sandy Lee, Minister of
Health and Social Services, regarding births in the Northwest Territories from 2007 to 2011.
While the average length of out-of-community stay varies, most women will spend between four and five weeks away from home if they travel to Yellowknife or Inuvik to deliver their baby. The majority of pre and post-natal care is provided by their local health care provider. Later today, at the appropriate time, I will table Number of Hospital Discharges of New Mothers In and Outside of the NWT.