Mackay Base Hospital - Queensland Centre for Mothers & Babies

Indicator 16.2: Caesarean section not scheduled in advance 9The graph displays the percentage of women who said they made an informed decision to have a caesarean section that wasnot scheduled in advance (i.e. a caesarean section that was decided on after women arrived at the hospital to have their baby).STATEWIDE PUBLIC17Mackay Base Hospital (n=12)0Mackay Birth Centre (n=0)Insufficient dataProserpine Hospital (n=3)Insufficient dataSTATEWIDE PRIVATE24Mater Misericordiae Hospital Mackay (n=17)120 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100Best public hospitals in Queensland:Rockhampton Hospital 35%Best public birth centre in Queensland:Insufficient dataBest private hospital in Queensland:Mater Mothers’ Private Redland 31%What do women say about their care?“The staff were very friendly, open and honest from thebeginning. At no time was I made to feel stupid for thequestions I asked, and I was kept well informed at everystage. My every need was catered to with a smile, and Inever felt like I was inconveniencing anyone. All of myoptions were outlined clearly to me, and I was able to bea major part of every decision made.”“The OB decided that I would need a c-section andasked if this was ok. When my partner started to ask afew questions it became apparent that this was not ourdecision at all and we were treated like we should justbe quiet and do what we were told.”9Insufficient data for Atherton Hospital, Biloela Hospital, Dalby Hospital, Emerald Hospital, Gladstone Hospital, Gold Coast Birth Centre,Goondiwindi Hospital, Gympie Hospital, Hervey Bay Hospital, Innisfail Hospital, Kingaroy Health Service, Longreach Hospital, Mackay BirthCentre, Mareeba Hospital, Mater Misericordiae Hospital Gladstone, Mt Isa Hospital, Proserpine Hospital, Royal Brisbane and Women’s BirthCentre, St Andrew’s Ipswich Private Hospital, Stanthorpe Hospital, Townsville Birth Centre and Warwick Hospital.33