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Four-hour car trips to give birth prompt new plan for rural maternity care

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An outback woman was fully prepared for a four-hour trip to the closest hospital to give birth.

Living in Lightning Ridge, the expectant mum was pragmatic about the long journey ahead.

But she had not anticipated the dearth of basic care once she and her baby returned home.

The woman, an emergency worker, told a NSW rural health inquiry of her experience waiting for weeks to see a GP or a nurse...


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