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OB-GYN society launches tool kit to collect data on maternal mortalityCEO Dr. Diane Francoeur says the program will allow provinces to share data anonymously and work together to identify national trends.HealthJun 7, 2022
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London, Ont. police officers help welcome baby girl during surprise home birthPolice and paramedics both responded to the call, which came in around 10 a.m., however officers ended up arriving first.Mar 26, 2020
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New fathers should be screened for postpartum depression, researchers say"Although many new dads experience depressive symptoms, few know how to identify the signs or talk about their struggles," one researcher said.CanadaDec 26, 2019
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Father concerned fired Moncton Hospital nurse could have impacted daughter’s birth"What we know now leads me and my colleagues to believe that there are grounds for litigation," a Halifax-based lawyer told Global News.HealthApr 8, 2019
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Improved maternity care in the south OkanaganThe South Okanagan Maternity Centre at Penticton Regional Hospital is now staffed by four doctors and a midwife.May 29, 2018
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Kentucky midwife helps deliver own baby via C-sectionThe Kentucky mother, who is also a midwife, helped to deliver a healthy baby girl by C-section.HealthMar 26, 2018
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Medical mistakes under the microscope in University of Regina studyWhat happens when hospitals make mistakes? Andreea Tamaian calls this institutional betrayal: how the actions or inactions of the medical system affects its patients. These negative experiences can lead to a mistrust of the medical systemCanadaMar 20, 2018
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Mother gives birth in front seat of car on major Ontario highwayThe seven-pound-eight-ounce baby was born in a car on the side of Highway 407, just after midnight on Monday.CanadaJan 22, 2018
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Canadian doctors warn of hot tub births after baby develops life-threatening infectionA newborn girl in Canada developed a life-threatening infection after being delivered in a hot tub, according to a case report that some doctors say offers fresh evidence that women should not deliver babies in water.CanadaOct 23, 2017
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B.C.’s New Year’s Baby born in Vancouver at midnightThe New Year's baby, a boy named Montgomery Henry Edward Harlos, was born at 12 a.m. on the dot at B.C. Women's Hospital, weighing eight pounds and 14 ounces, measuring 52 centimetres long.Jan 1, 2017
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