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Mother Baby Unit Closure Sparks Crisis Fear | Adelaide News
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Royal Hobart’s mother baby unit, a lifeline for mothers with severe postnatal mental illness, is closing — but the replacement won’t handle complex cases like bipolar or psychosis. Health workers fear vulnerable moms will be separated from their babies and fall through the cracks, as the new unit focuses only on low-to-moderate anxiety and depression, lacks specialized staff, and operates under a different governance structure. Despite government claims of unchanged care, insiders say the shift represents a dangerous downgrade in perinatal mental health support — with potentially tragic consequences if the most acutely unwell are left without the intensive, baby-attached care they desperately need.
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