Do Babies Born in Midwife Units Suffer a Second-Class Service? After a Baby Girl Delivered Without Consultants Died, a Sheriff Attacked the System in Scotland. Experts and Mothers, However, Dispute His Opinion. After a Baby Girl Delivered Without Consultants Died, a Sheriff Attacked the System in Scotland. Experts and Mothers, However, Dispute His Opinion. Jennifer Cunningham Hears Their Stories

The Herald › November 05, 2005

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Was a sheriff correct when he appeared to suggest this week that some midwifeled maternity units could be offering a "second-class service"?

His comments have fuelled the debate that has been going on in Scotland for a long time.

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Do Babies Born in Midwife Units Suffer a Second-Class Service? After a Baby Girl Delivered Without Consultants Died, a Sheriff Attacked the System in Scotland. Experts and Mothers, However, Dispute His Opinion. After a Baby Girl Delivered Without Consultants Died, a Sheriff Attacked the System in Scotland. Experts and Mothers, However, Dispute His Opinion. Jennifer Cunningham Hears Their Stories

The sheriff made the comments at the fatal accident inquiry after Chloe McIver died in Inverclyde Royal Hospital after being delivered by midwives with her umbilical cord wrapped round her neck and shoulder.

The inquiry concluded that even if she had been born in the hi- tech facilities of the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, where her motherwas heading when Chloe's imminent arrival made the ambulance crew stop at Inverclyde, she would not have...

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