Damning claims by an SA government whistleblower have been levelled against the way child protection authorities are removing newborns from their mothers at public hospitals, sometimes just minutes after giving birth.
Damning claims by an SA government whistleblower have been levelled against the way child protection authorities are removing newborns from their mothers at public hospitals.
As the new mum holds her seconds-old baby to her chest, police officers and security guards stand at the hospital's delivery-room door.They tell her they are going to take her baby. "You can hear some horrendous stories where women still haven't actually completed the birthing process, as in they haven't delivered the afterbirth," she said.
"You can imagine the excitement, the hormones – everything that's going through your body after giving birth – and then to have it ripped away without any prior warning is extremely difficult," she said. "They might need some sort of care, some sort of fictitious sort of reasoning, so the baby is not in the room," she said."There's a range of things that happen, which legally shouldn't happen until the notice has been served."Jane said mothers were often so traumatised after their baby had been removed they left hospital earlier than medically advised, sometimes with concerning consequences.
She said government guidelines had "an emphasis on early engagement and intervention to support families". Ms Hildyard said the government had provided $13.4 million for family group conferencing, which included convening meetings when there were "unborn child concerns"."It is my expectation that the department ensures the safety and welfare of vulnerable infants is always its highest priority when assessing risk and considering and undertaking removals," she said.
but said 24 babies, including six Aboriginal babies under one month of age were removed within the 2023 calendar year
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