00:00For expectant mothers in the Kimberley, access to maternity services can be a challenge.
00:08Darlene Cox relocated to temporary accommodation in Broome, 400km from her home in Nukumbah,
00:14months before her due date.
00:16It is a challenge actually, being away from your community, especially where you grew
00:23up and lived for that long.
00:25The higher risk diabetes patient has been moved to Broome so her pregnancy can be monitored.
00:31I'm here and this is my first child actually, and I don't get to see my mother.
00:35So we say to them, Rado, off you pop, jump on the bus and come to Broome.
00:39But that's eight hours away and they've got other children, they've got work commitments, financial commitments, partners.
00:44Moderate to high risk pregnancies are common.
00:47Fits for crossing is really high risk so we do deliver a lot of air.
00:50Do you feel a reason why fits for crossing?
00:52We don't have great access to healthcare.
00:54High rates of the potentially fatal rheumatic heart disease.
00:57It goes back to our social situation and environmental situation.
01:01Early detection of these challenging conditions, like rheumatic heart disease and diabetes,
01:06can be life saving, which is why the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians
01:11and Gynaecologists is leading training sessions for remote medical staff to improve maternity care.
01:16Mobile outreach services and telehealth also offer better healthcare access.
01:21Yeah, it would be amazing to be able to get around to more places with some of our obstetric practitioners, doctors and midwives.
01:28Working together to improve prenatal care in the outback.
01:32I'm going to go to part of the N-PAC.
01:33I'm going to talk about the N-PAC.
01:38I'm going to talk about the special health poisoning, and now the S-PAC is a combination of
01:42the serious threat to the cancer vaccine.
01:43I'm going to talk about the N-PAC.
01:44I'm going to talk about the N-PAC.
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