Proserpine Hospital - Queensland Centre for Mothers & Babies
Proserpine Hospital - Queensland Centre for Mothers & Babies
Proserpine Hospital - Queensland Centre for Mothers & Babies
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Indicator 13: Can women choose the gender of their care provider(s) <strong>for</strong> labour<br />
and birth<br />
Gold standard care is defined as women being able to choose the gender of their care provider(s) <strong>for</strong> labour and birth.<br />
We asked women: “Could you choose whether your care provider(s) <strong>for</strong> labour/birth were male or female”<br />
The graph displays the percentage of women who said that they could choose the gender or their care provider(s).<br />
STATEWIDE PUBLIC<br />
10<br />
Mackay Base <strong>Hospital</strong> (n=96)<br />
13<br />
Mackay Birth <strong>Centre</strong> (n=14)<br />
7<br />
<strong>Proserpine</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> (n=36)<br />
3<br />
STATEWIDE PRIVATE<br />
27<br />
Mater Misericordiae <strong>Hospital</strong> Mackay (n=122)<br />
34<br />
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100<br />
Best public hospital in <strong>Queensland</strong>:<br />
Mareeba <strong>Hospital</strong> 29%<br />
Best public birth centre in <strong>Queensland</strong>:<br />
Townsville Birth <strong>Centre</strong> 29%<br />
Best private hospital in <strong>Queensland</strong>:<br />
Nambour Selangor Private <strong>Hospital</strong> 36%<br />
What do women say about their care<br />
“My birth plan was not read or ignored as I was given a<br />
male midwife half way through my 22 hour labour. I did not<br />
feel able to object at this painful time… a male student<br />
midwife was also allowed to walk straight up to me and ask<br />
me whilst I was paused between painful and frequent<br />
contractions if he could observe.”<br />
“I also was very uncom<strong>for</strong>table with having males in the<br />
room other than my partner. I made staff aware of this, and<br />
as I started pushing a male paediatrician came into the<br />
room to observe me. I felt this unnecessary as I had no<br />
complication or drugs.”<br />
28