So it will be a complementary service and it will be optional. People could still have their choice of being in a hospital and going through child delivery in what I’ll call kind of a more conventional sense. Midwifery is an optional, additional, supplementary service that will be operated. I keep hearing people say let’s roll it out, let’s roll it out faster. I don’t want to see it roll out and then have to roll up because we didn’t lay the necessary groundwork. There seems to be some confusion about protocol, about best practices, about liability, about all of the issues that need to be addressed and the backup and support. There seems to be a lot of question out there about where we’re at with the model. Now, we know that it’s been happening in Fort Smith for a long time, but maybe the Minister could bring some clarity to the kind of groundwork that needs to be laid before this service can be rolled out in a community like Hay River.
Jane Groenewegen on Question 140-17(4): Midwifery Services
In the Legislative Assembly on February 25th, 2013. See this statement in context.
Question 140-17(4): Midwifery Services
Oral Questions
February 24th, 2013
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