Nicole and Derek Gauthier welcome their newborn daughter Emery after a planned home birth ended with a C-section at a hospital two hours away.
Doctors told Gauthier the birth was expected to be low-risk, so she hired a midwife with a clinic within minutes from Gauthier's home, an acreage outside the hamlet of Plamondon. Both Bonnyville and St. Paul have hospitals closer to Gauthier's home, but neither had enough staff to provide surgery at the time. Several hospitals in northeastern Alberta have had extended obstetrics closures in the last year.En route, her midwife found she had dilated to 10 centimetres.
"I was actually able to see in the reflection of the lights during the C-section when they pulled her out," Gauthier said of Emery. "She was crying right away. She picked up right away. She did really, really well."The hospital in Lac La Biche hasn't been able to provide caesarean sections since May. With many hospitals in northeastern Alberta facing obstetrics shortages, patients are travelling hours to reach a hospital that can deliver a baby.
Moench's son was born in Lac La Biche 15 months ago by emergency C-section. She wants to have another child but worries she will have to travel to give birth next time.
With that huge TWO PERCENT RAISE in funding per year Trudeau gave provinces - this will still be a problem 2% is a joke
If we cut you're budget we'd be able to fund more health care. defundthecbc
Thanks to the Useless Conservative Party
DefundCBC
If we refunded CBC we could allocate that money to this problem. Boom problem solved.
Remember this is coming from CBC, can any news story be accurate?! Defund the CBC
Most C-Sections are not necessary.
What doctor wants to work in Albertabama? I don't.
Thank you Danielle Smith for your great leadership skills. She has set the bar so low that even a limbo champion has a chance to run the province.
The final report on 2022 covid deaths in England by vaccination status has just been published. You will not believe the results - 92% of all covid deaths were......vaccinated.
Isn't that the case with every Canadian province now, or is the liberal propaganda machine aka , going to pick on AB only? DefundCBC
I'd suggest people in remote communities have a town hall meeting and ask who in their community is going to go to university and get a medical degree to come back to the community and provide medical services. Don't expect others to come to your rescue if you won't help yourself
I simply don't understand how people who live in remote communities expect services available in big cities. It's an everyday story line. Going back centuries.
Yes Danielle!!! Yes Alberta! Yes Saskatchewan! Yes Manitoba!