Doctors who care for some of WA's most sick children fear plans to move the state's main women's and babies' hospital 20 kilometres from its current location risk increased 'mortality and morbidity' of critically unwell infants.
Doctors who care for some of WA's most sick children say plans to move the state's main women's and babies' hospital 20 kilometres from its current location risk increased "mortality and morbidity" of critically unwell infants.
"The research is clear, neonatal transfer is associated with increased mortality and lasting developmental impairment.The government has promised to build improved neonatal facilities at FSH to limit the number of transfers that have to be made between the new hospital and PCH."The WA population growth is not large enough for two specialist paediatric hospitals, or to duplicate neonatal and paediatric subspecialties at Murdoch," it said.
"We are worried that this will lead to increase in preventable death and disability for both women and babies.""The best way of doing that is to have us all together," he said. "This document is not endorsed by the Child and Adolescent Health Service executive or board," she said.
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