Did you know that 7,000 babies are born at Auckland City Hospital every year? The hospital is home to NZ’s busiest maternity ward and the national centre for complex and high-risk pregnancies and births.
L-R: Lou McInnes (Midwifery Educator), Geoff Petro (Operations Manager - Simulation Service), Pam Harsant (Director - Data-Medica), Baby Sophie, Sophia McCarten (Midwifery Educator) and Sean Papworth (Simulation Technician)
Auckland City Hospital's incredible team of midwives is ecstatic to have received one of the world’s most anatomically correct Baby Sophie & Mum birthing simulators, thanks to The Lion Foundation.
The team was “blown away” by the simulator’s realism for recreating many different scenarios and time-critical emergencies, including breech birth and shoulder dystocia.
The baby’s weight, anatomy and movements are more true-to-form than anything the team has used before, which allows for virtually real-life training in a risk-free setting; so when births don’t go to plan, our midwives have the best possible skills to get the best possible outcomes.
Every midwife at Auckland City Hospital can now train with this lifelike simulator and practice common and rare birth scenarios like never before.
With our hospital providing more maternity services than any other hospital nationwide, donations that help teams keep up with global advances and access the world’s best resources, like Baby Sophie & Mum, are truly invaluable.
The Lion Foundation’s generous donation will help keep mums and babies safe for many years – an ultimate life-giving gift for which the team is so grateful.
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