Birthing group welcomes the reopening of service

Some of Castlemaine’s wonderful GP Obstetricians and midwives at last Wednesday’s reopening celebration at Castlemaine Theatre Royal.
Some of Castlemaine’s wonderful GP Obstetricians and midwives at last Wednesday’s reopening celebration at Castlemaine Theatre Royal.

Support Birthing at Castlemaine Health (SBACH) has welcomed Castlemaine Health’s announcement regarding the reopening of birthing services at the hospital.
SBACH spokesperson Arabella Davison said the SBACH community welcomes the long-awaited announcement that antenatal services will return to Castlemaine Health from Monday March 22, with birthing to return from May 3, 2021.
The announcement was made last Wednesday night by the Castlemaine Health’s new CEO Sue Race at the sold out SBACH Celebration event at the Theatre Royal in Castlemaine.
Ms Davison said they are so proud that this community has fought to retain this precious, vital community resource, that all regional women deserve.
“It is a demonstration of the shared commitment of the Castlemaine and Bendigo hospitals, midwives, GPs, and importantly, this passionate community, to provide women and their families with access to quality, caring, local birthing services,” she said. See the Mail for more…

Lisa Dennis
Editor of the Castlemaine Mail newspaper and senior journalist on our sister paper the Midland Express. Over the last 24 years Lisa been proudly reporting news in the Mount Alexander and Macedon Ranges communities.