Hundreds of Bay Mums Face Long Trips to Give Birth

Hundreds forced to give birth far from home

Whakatāne Hospital's maternity service was downgraded to a primary birth unit in mid-January. Photo: Google By Ruth Hill of RNZ With no obstetricians left in Eastern Bay of Plenty, hundreds of pregnant women have been forced to travel to Tauranga Hospital to give birth this year - a third of them due to emergency situations.

Hundreds of Bay mums face long trips to give birth

By Ruth Hill of RNZ With no obstetricians left in the Eastern Bay of Plenty, hundreds of pregnant women have been forced to travel to Tauranga Hospital to...

Hundreds of pregnant Eastern Bay of Plenty women forced to go to Tauranga to give birth

More than 200 women made the journey in the past year - a third of them emergency transfers - amid a shortage of obstetricians.