Donate for a better birthing experience
Giving birth should be the happiest time in your life - if a little frightening! But with a maternity unit that is 50 years old, Taranaki Base Hospital is lacking some of the modern comforts that can make giving birth a more manageable experience. Your donation can create a world-leading maternity unit, making a potential stressful time more relaxing, safer and more memorable for all involved.
What needs to change?
If you have experienced the current, aging maternity ward recently, you will already know what needs to change. The existing maternity ward at Taranaki Base Hospital is one of the oldest wards, and has not seen a major upgrade in several years. The staff provide an outstanding service with less than outstanding facilities.
With your donation, we can make sure the new maternity unit has the following:
- En-suite facilities in every room
- Space for partners to stay and sleep alongside the mother
- Primary birthing units to give more birthing options
- Faster and private access to operating theatres for emergency Caesareans
- A brighter, more inviting ward with better antenatal and postnatal facilities
How can you help?
You can help create a new, state-of-the-art, comfortable maternity unit with accessibility for more patients across Taranaki.
Keep up to date with the progress of Taranaki's new maternity department
Despite the funding received from the Government, we need an additional $6 million to develop a maternity ward that Taranaki can be proud of. The current ward is over 50 years old and in desperate need of some basic improvements.
A well thought out unit
The new unit will be on one floor, allowing staff to work more efficiently and to provide a much wider variety of birthing options to families. With a total of 24 rooms available, there will be more capacity as well as being a more comfortable experience for patients.
Dedicated primary birthing unit
4 new primary birthing rooms will allow mothers under the care of a Lead Maternity Carer to use the hospital in a less clinical and more homely environment. There will also be 4 secondary birthing rooms for those under the care of an Obstetrician.
Faster emergency treatment
When an emergency or planned Caesarean section is needed, the new unit will have direct, private access to operating theatres. Currently patients are wheeled through public corridors to the other side of the hospital, compromising privacy as well as increasing time to treatment.
En-suite for all
All rooms in the new maternity unit will have en-suite facilities. This allows the mothers to have additional privacy rather than having to use public facilities, leading to a more comfortable and pleasant stay.
