Asheville Citizen-Times reports:
...Apparently [Erin] Salkin isn’t the only riled mama bear around the area. She’s one of nearly 150 fervent Facebookers who have rallied under the “Mamas for MAHEC Midwives” moniker in opposition to a new policy that would limit the Mountain Area Health Education Center patients’ access to midwives during labor. ...
[MAHEC OB/GYN Specialists'] plans include more in-office access and a phase-out of the midwives’ current 24/7 call schedule, meaning that women in labor may not have access to a midwife during certain hours of the day or week. ...
“What it comes down to is that this just isn’t a sustainable model, and the midwifery service just doesn’t pay the expenses it requires to operate,” [Dr. Kellett Letson, director of MAHEC OB/GYN Specialists] said. “We wish it were profitable in a way that we wouldn’t have to change anything, but that just isn’t the case.” ...
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Stirring the pot: Mamas for Mahec MidwivesRead the full article
...Apparently [Erin] Salkin isn’t the only riled mama bear around the area. She’s one of nearly 150 fervent Facebookers who have rallied under the “Mamas for MAHEC Midwives” moniker in opposition to a new policy that would limit the Mountain Area Health Education Center patients’ access to midwives during labor. ...
[MAHEC OB/GYN Specialists'] plans include more in-office access and a phase-out of the midwives’ current 24/7 call schedule, meaning that women in labor may not have access to a midwife during certain hours of the day or week. ...
“What it comes down to is that this just isn’t a sustainable model, and the midwifery service just doesn’t pay the expenses it requires to operate,” [Dr. Kellett Letson, director of MAHEC OB/GYN Specialists] said. “We wish it were profitable in a way that we wouldn’t have to change anything, but that just isn’t the case.” ...
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Stirring the pot: Mamas for Mahec MidwivesRead the full article
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