Queensland Health Minister Yvette D’Ath is under pressure to resign over her comments about maternity services.
She claimed obstetricians were not needed in 90 to 95 per cent of births while addressing a press conference about the Gladstone maternity crisis.
Data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare says 47.1 per cent of births in Queensland require an obstetrician.Read More
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