St John of God healthcare says maternity services at its Bunbury hospital will close from June 25.
Patients impacted by the closure will be offered the choice of a transfer to Bunbury Regional Hospital, or transfer to SJOG facilities in Perth.
In a statement, St John of God Health Care said the service has experienced a chronic shortage of midwives and there were not enough obstetricians, GP-obstetricians and paediatricians available locally. "Despite our best efforts and intention to bring people to, you know, to Australia from overseas, we've just been really struggling to attract people," he said.Mr Williams also revealed findings from a recent review of St John of God in Bunbury, revealing a 30 per cent decline in births at the hospital over the last five years, with more woman looking into different options when giving birth.
"We have really looked at everything and our only other solution was to look at closure of the service."
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