Take a Virtual Tour of Maternity Services at Central Gippsland Health.

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Central Gippsland Health delivers approximately 450 babies each year.  It is staffed by a specialist team of midwives, obstetricians, and paediatricians who work together to provide you and your baby with the highest quality of care. It has a Special Care Nursery , with high and low care cots, providing care for babies who require incubator care either because they are sick or pre-term, or have complications requiring oxygen therapy or cardio-respiratory monitoring. The nursery caters for babies as young as 34 weeks.

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Lactation staff assist with the establishment and maintenance of breastfeeding.

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Maternity services include:

• Pre-admission clinic

• Antenatal care program at the WHIMS (Women’s Health & Integrated Maternity Services) clinic

• Antenatal education and breast feeding classes

• Antenatal admissions and monitoring for at risk conditions

• Birth suite specialised care by a midwife

• Postnatal care

• Domiciliary care – where a midwife visits following discharge

• Breastfeeding support services

• Education and training for students, midwives and medical staff

• Allied Health support including social work and physiotherapy

 

We want to make your hospital stay as smooth as possible. To help you get ready, we’ve created a handy packing list. You can download it using the link below

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