Planned ASMS senior doctors' strike — Thursday 1 May, 24 hours
Patient safety is our priority. Our hospitals and emergency departments will remain open. Continue to attend all appointments on the day of the strike unless we have contacted you to reschedule.
The Wairoa maternity unit is a rural birthing and postnatal facility at Wairoa Health.
Phone: 06 838 7099 ask for maternity.
Email: wmaty@hawkesbaydhb.govt.nz
The Wairoa Hospital Maternity unit is located on level 1 at:
Turn left when you exit the elevator.
The Wairoa maternity team has 4 midwives providing care to women in Wairoa and the wider district. Services they offer include:
Your midwife will ask you to see a doctor if they are worried for your health, or the health of your pēpi. A clinic is held at Wairoa Health once a month, or you may have to go to the Te Kākano clinic in Hastings.
It is important that you keep these appointments to ensure that everything is going ok for you and your baby. The doctor will work with you, your whānau and your midwife.
You have a choice of where to have your pēpi. This could be at:
If you live in Wairoa and have your pēpi at Hawke's Bay Hospital, you may be discharged back to Wairoa maternity unit for your postnatal care once you can travel or you may go straight home. A midwife will visit you at home.
Talk to your midwife to decide where is best to have your pēpi.