Prominent mums and bubs GP clinic with $500,000 in debts faces liquidation
A mums and bubs GP practice and charity owes potentially $500,000 to creditors, including the federal Department of Health and Aged Care, administrators say. The…
Tag: Obstetrics
Meet the obstetrician who is also qualified to treat large furry patients with four legs
Dr Mark Schembri always loved horses but also wanted to be a doctor, and so at the age of 36, he sidelined his thriving veterinary…
Doctors fitted women with IUDs without their knowledge to drive down birth rates
A group of women from Greenland are demanding compensation after doctors fitted them with IUDs without either their consent or knowledge in an attempt to…
‘Obstetric violence’ casts obstetricians as perpetrators – but we can do better for women who have suffered
The record number of submissions to the NSW parliamentary inquiry into birth trauma underscores that the birth of a baby, while a joyous occasion, is…
Should RANZCOG drop ‘Royal’ from its name?
Obstetricians and gynaecologists are the latest specialties to confront a debate on whether being a fellow of a ‘royal’ college is outdated and offensive. Professor James Nicklin and Dr Greg Robertson…
Obstetricians alarmed by obstetric violence references in ‘MeToo of childbirth’ inquiry
Doctors are criticising the adoption of the term ‘obstetric violence’ in a parliamentary inquiry into the prevalence of birth trauma. Dubbed the ‘MeToo of childbirth’,…
Adding NSAID to emergency contraception ‘boosts efficacy’
Combining levonorgestrel with the NSAID piroxicam may be more effective at preventing pregnancy than taking the on-demand emergency contraceptive alone, show results from a new…
Obstetrics without insurance: how independent midwives get away with it
The Federal Government has just announced it will extend the exemption to the law requiring independent midwives to hold professional indemnity insurance in order to…
Midwife struck off after telling new mother that terrorists could poison baby formula
An experienced midwife in the UK who claimed terrorists could contaminate baby formula to scare a mother into breastfeeding has been struck off for 18…
Twenty GPs offered advanced obstetrics training to fix Queensland’s maternity crisis
Training 20 GPs in advanced obstetrics is the Queensland Government’s latest fix for dealing with its maternity service crisis. There have been long-running concerns about…
