RIVER RIDGE EAST BIRTH CENTRE

Our staff and LMCs aim to work at all times as a team providing excellence in maternity care. All staff who work at River Ridge East Birth Centre are empowered and encouraged to engage in ongoing personal and professional development... River Ridge East Birth Centre, a brand new, purpose-built facility, was opened on Christmas Day 2002. The site in Von Tempsky Street especially chosen for it's central location, as well as short distance from Waikato Hospital. The original concept for a primary birthing centre was devised back in 1992, following National-led government health reforms - it took three years, but in 1995, the contract to establish a Primary Birthing Facility was approved and signed... There has been steady growth in the demand for primary birthing in Hamilton. Over the last five years, River Ridge East Birth Centre has supported more than 2,500 primary births, and has provided over 6,000 postnatal stays for new mothers, partners and their newborn baby.