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| | Andrea's Diary: Mareeba Hospital's maternity unit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | News this morning that another small maternity unit, this time in Mareeba, Queensland, is to close because the only obstetrician in town has decided to turn to private obstetrics and won’t now support the public hospital maternity service. |
 | | Mareeba, which is in far north Queensland, just inland from the very popular tourist spot of Cairns, has had an excellent maternity unit for many years, offering very woman centred care, excellent outcomes and a wonderful midwifery philosophy. |
 | | This debacle in Mareeba may be the tipping point for better birth options in a State that has, for years, lagged behind the rest of the country in terms of birthing services. |
| www.birthinternational.com /diary/archives/000510.html (370 words) |
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