‘One of the most powerful human experiences I’ve ever had’: A budding doctor’s first delivery
Second-year medical student Dom Russell says his experience on a rural placement changed his view of obstetrics.
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“The baby’s head starts to come out and the midwife throws me a kidney dish with a needle and vial of synthetic oxytocin and says draw that up.”
“I’m a first-year medical student — we’re not really drawing up needles yet.