“It’s not that we don’t have good doctors, we just don’t have enough of them,” says Elysha Devoni, a new mom in the Sault
The lack of obstetricians and gynaecologists in the area has left families and mothers questioning the logistics of healthcare capabilities in the community.
Her water never broke, but severe cramping and pain prompted her to go to the emergency room. She was assessed by a nurse at 2 in the morning, and since the obstetrician on-site was busy, Devoni says she was told to go home and call her doctor in the morning. “If one doctor had time to see me overnight, I might have just made it to London,” she says. “I could have possibly stopped my labour. It’s bad to say in my situation – we got lucky. I know another mom who didn’t get lucky. It’s hard here.”
In the press release from Friday, the hospital says they are working with healthcare providers to develop a Prenatal Care Clinic that would support obstetrics and gynaecology needs in the community. While the information in the release is aimed to help those who are currently pregnant, it didn’t address some of the other concerns women are experiencing outside of pregnancy.
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