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Wednesday, February 29, 2012 The Interior News
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Important to keep deliveries local for moms MOMS from p. B1 “I have stopped my family medicine practice as of October and will concentrate on providing anesthesia for Wrinch Hospital and the other half of the year not covered by Dr. Laskowski. I want to stay involved in obstetrics with the MORE OB program and seeing prenatal patients and doing deliveries whenever possible. I’m really not retiring, just changing focus,” said Eckfeldt. In the meantime,
Wrinch’s doctor clinic is looking for two new permanent family doctors who will be expected to do deliveries as well, Eckfeldt said. As for why so many mothers are being sent elsewhere to deliver their babies such as Smithers, Terrace, Prince George and Vancouver and the risks related to that, Eckfeldt said it all depends on the situation. “The studies show that women with ‘low risk’ pregnancies are better off and their
babies are better off if they can deliver in their home community even in smaller communities that regularly deliver babies and many don’t have C-Section capabilities,” he said. “Those moms and their babies seem to benefit from familiar surroundings and better support from their families and they have more natural deliveries with fewer complications and few C-Sections. However, the safety of mom and baby is the most impor-
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tant factor in deciding where to deliver. The doctor will decide who is low risk and will refer this of higher risk to deliver where there is quick access to an operation room and a paediatrician. Also, if a baby is less than 35 weeks old or the mom has had previous C-Sections it’s safer to deliver in Smithers and Terrace.” While the challenges seem stacked against doctors at Wrinch Memorial right now, Dr. Eckfeldt said it’s still
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