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Canada's First In-Hospital Midwifery Unit Opens at Markham Stouffville Hospital

Midwife Unit at the HospitalMARKHAM, ONJune 26, 2018 /CNW/ - Markham Stouffville Hospital (MSH) will open Canada's first Alongside Midwifery Unit (AMU) a dedicated birth centre operated by midwives on July 9,  2018.

Midwife Unit at the HospitalMARKHAM, ONJune 26, 2018 /CNW/ – Markham Stouffville Hospital (MSH) will open Canada’s first Alongside Midwifery Unit (AMU) a dedicated birth centre operated by midwives on July 9,  2018. This ground breaking unit makes MSH the hospital of choice for women who want to have a midwife for their childbirth experience in a hospital setting.

With the AMU, patients of midwives will experience the more natural and low intervention birth experience associated with midwifery care and have access to obstetricians, neonatal and anaesthetic care, and diagnostic imaging on the same floor should they be needed during labour and birth.

Full Article: newswire.ca