Queensland Hospital: Theodore Hospital and Birthing Services

queensland hospital: Mum Ali De Strang was given medication twice to stop her going into labour, according to Nine News Australia. Supplied Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service said a reintroduction of normal birthing services at Theodore Hospital would present an unacceptable risk to women because of the distance involved to specialist services. To improve your experience update it mum forced to drive 1370km kilometres to give birth By Kimberley Caines11 48am Nov 8, heavily pregnant Ali De Strang presented herself to her local hospital in Central Queensland, she was told the new, state-of-the-art facility was for emergencies only . She was to spend the next three weeks travelling hundreds of kilometres about 1370km before the arrival of her second baby boy, eventually born at 5.17kg 11lb4oz . The 25-year-old mother told nine.au she could have easily had Layn at her nearest hospital in Theodore but the birthing suite was closed. In 2016, the hospital held a grand reopening following a major refurbishment, which included a brand new birthing suite. Ms De Strang was three centimetres dilated when she attended the hospital at 36 weeks and said doctors gave her drugs to stop labour coming on. And despite the community assisting in raising the last 70,000 needed for the redevelopment, it is not used for regular births the closest hospitals for 24-hour maternity care are Gladstone and Rockhampton, both more than 250km away. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.