NZ ended Jacinda’s kindness – of course heavily pregnant women are turning up with no support

Of course heavily pregnant women are turning up with no support…

‘Really concerned’: Hundreds of heavily pregnant women showing up to hospital with no or minimal antenatal care

A report by Health NZ Counties Manukau warns that, ‘increasingly, pregnant people are presenting for care with no, or minimal, antenatal care.’ Senior journalist Nicholas Jones reports.

Hundreds of women a year are presenting to a major hospital in or close to labour, having had minimal antenatal care throughout their pregnancy.

Last year there were approximately 200 women living in Counties Manukau who presented for medical care and who “hadn’t had pregnancy care for most of their pregnancy”, Health NZ has confirmed in response to questions from Stuff.

“These women mostly presented in labour or late gestation and were cared for by our employed midwives in both hospital and community settings,” said Dr Vanessa Thornton, group director of operations for Counties Manukau Health NZ.

…the level of cruelty that has crept back into social agencies means those in grinding poverty trying to escape the attention of debt collectors, abusive ex partners or who don’t trust Government agencies are only turning up when they are desperately forced into doing so.

There is no community outreach because the community don’t want to be reached.

The level of distrust in any Government agency means the underclass avoid being anywhere near them.

NZ ended Jacinda’s kindness, this is the damaged harvest.

Happy days.

 

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