Maternity Care
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Maternity clinic opens in the greater Kelowna areaThis new clinic builds on the existing primary care network in the Central Okanagan and will ensure expectant families are connected to the team-based care they need.HealthDec 7, 2023
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Shortage of specialists may force expecting moms to deliver in other Interior communitiesVernon Jubilee has already had service disruptions but IHA said it resulted in less than 10 expectant moms having to be transported to deliver elsewhere.CanadaNov 10, 2023
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‘My cheering team’: B.C. mom overcomes addiction, keeps baby with help from hospitalJoanne Munroe arrived at St. Paul's Hospital in labour in February, and was able to spend the next three weeks there until she could get into a recovery program with housing.HealthMay 11, 2023
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‘It’s heartbreaking’: B.C.’s midwife shortage claims South Okanagan’s only clinicThe Penticton-based clinic said it is unable to maintain a midwifery service in the South Okanagan due to a shortage of midwives.Feb 11, 2021
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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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Middlesex-London Health Unit launches program to help young first-time momsYoung, first-time mothers are being encouraged to enroll in a new program at the Middlesex-London Health Unit.CanadaMay 12, 2017
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Why so many Moms-to-be are turned away from Calgary’s South HospitalAccording to the Department Head of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Calgary, the maternity ward at the South Health Campus is much smaller than the wards at Calgary's three other adult hospitals. "The reality is that it is only half the size it was planned to be," said Dr. Doug Wilson "We had hoped to have a whole new women's health centre with 5,000 deliveries."HealthApr 8, 2016
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