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Speaker 1: Now my understanding is that well, some of the last

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Speaker 1: With maternity services set to end, we know that expectant

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Speaker 1: Emma Divali. Good morning to you, Emma.

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Speaker 2: Morning Katie. How are you?

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Speaker 1: Yeah? Really good, Great to have you on the show.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for your time this morning. Emma. What work's

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Speaker 1: expected to now be looked after at Royal Darwin Hospital.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks Katie. Look yes, so from the dirty first

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Speaker 2: of May DBH actually accepted it's last maternity mission with

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Speaker 2: So where as of yesterday, women will call us and

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Speaker 2: will be ready to acceptive missions for private patients across

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Speaker 2: the Royal Dulham Hospital. So a lot of work has

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Speaker 2: have an arrangement with in place that will support women

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Speaker 2: That will also be with our midwives and obviously the

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Speaker 2: if there are any pregnancy related problems, whether it be

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Speaker 2: call the Delivery Suite at RDH and that phone is

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Speaker 2: answered twenty four to seven Experience in your Wife, So

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Speaker 2: when that happens or if that happens, the private obtutritions

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Speaker 2: the delivery suite care straight after birth, settling into our environment,

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Speaker 2: what to expect, length of stay, what to expect newborn behavior,

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Speaker 2: you know, when to see help after discharge and also

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Speaker 1: Good to hear. Emma, no bubs or no mums coming

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Speaker 1: Not yet not yet, I mean, how like, how many

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so between now and September, there are from what

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Speaker 1: Okay, And what's the process in terms of the mums

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Speaker 2: So there's kind of two parts to this. So for

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Speaker 2: So there is information on the website. When women come

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Speaker 1: And Emma, have you found it since you've you know

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Speaker 2: And look on Saturday was the most recent session that

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Speaker 1: Emma Divali, the nt Health Director of Nursing and mid

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Speaker 1: Does the dom sillary service cover all of Darwin even

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Speaker 2: No, it doesn't, so we do have a geographical boundary.

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Speaker 2: I think it's around Humpty Dew way. That said, we

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Speaker 1: Well. And look, I you know I had my bubbs

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, we're really lucky to have such a fantastic rhythmicity

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Speaker 1: Well Int Health Director of Nursing and Midway three Emma Divlie,

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Speaker 1: I really appreciate your time. I know you're a busy woman.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for having a chat

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Speaker 2: With us today, Mary, Thanks Katie, thank you