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How maternity services could change at Auckland Hospital after four mothers died

Nicholas Jones
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Investigative Reporter·NZ Herald·
13 mins to read

An overhaul of maternity services at the country's largest hospital could affect the thousands of women who use a private obstetrician or live outside Auckland DHB boundaries but choose to give birth there. Nicholas Jones reports.

New Zealand was in its first lockdown when the couple rushed to Auckland City Hospital emergency department, worried about her pregnancy.

The husband wasn't allowed to stay because of Covid-19 visitor precautions, and that night his wife called to confirm premature rupture of membranes.

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