Without a hospital nearby, midwife finds herself in a dilemma: ‘Distances are no longer manageable’ | Zutphen

From now on, Zutphen will have to do without an obstetrics department in the hospital. Obstetrician Colette Bloetjes from Steenwijk knows all too well how drastic that is. Ten years ago, the hospital in Meppel stopped giving births and that had major consequences. “Even fewer home births and midwives in a split.”