48-HOUR LIMIT ON STAY OF MOTHERS IN MATERNITY HOME
(N.Z. P.A.—Copyright.) SYDNEY, Nov 7 (Recd 8 pm). —Appeals from expectant mothers unable to book beds for childbirth have forced the Crown Street women’s hospital, Sydney’s largest maternity institution, to introduce a new system whereby a mother will be kept in hospital only 48 hours. The usual period of hospitalisation for childbirth is eight to 14 days. • The Crown Street hospital is already much overcrowded, with beds in corridors and the staff working overtime. By the new system a patient will return nome soon after the child is delivered and will be visited daily for 10 to 14 days by members of a team of district nurses organised by the hospital.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 8 November 1949, Page 5
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12048-HOUR LIMIT ON STAY OF MOTHERS IN MATERNITY HOME Wanganui Chronicle, 8 November 1949, Page 5
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