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Health & Medicine

Doctors at remote Devon hospital get ‘crash course’ after maternity unit shut

Staff at North Devon district hospital given training in difficult births in case mothers-to-be cannot get to Exeter Doctors at one of England’s remotest hospitals have been given a “crash course” in birth emergencies after its maternity unit was shut and as fears grow that the safety of women and babies may be put at risk. From Tuesday, the maternity service at North Devon district hospital…

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Doctors at remote Devon hospital get ‘crash course’ after maternity unit shut

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·allafrica.com

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·allafrica.com

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