HALIFAX—Dozens gathered in Grand Parade Saturday to mark the International Day of the Midwife, and to push the Nova Scotia government to expand midwife services in the province. Roos said Nova Scotian women are being denied an important part of pre and postnatal care because of the lack of midwives in the province. Just 2.8 per cent of births in Nova Scotia were assisted by a midwife in 2015–16, according to the Canadian Association of Midwives. “We feel that the Nova Scotia Health Authority needs to have a strategic plan for the expansion of the midwifery program, but also the funding needs to come from the government,” she said. Lisa Roberts, NDP MLA for north end Halifax, has tried to fight for the midwife program from inside the Nova Scotia Legislature.

Source: thestar May 05, 2018 18:56 UTC