Isn’t it unreasonable to ask mothers in labour to travel all the way to St. Catharines?
The vast majority of women have hours of labour before they deliver their babies, therefore ample time to get to the hospital. Our mapping studies show that travel time for 90% of Niagara residents to the new health-care complex in St. Catharines will be 30 minutes or less – shorter than travel times to hospitals for many patients in the greater Toronto area and elsewhere in Ontario. For the few cases where an emergency delivery may be necessary, the safest course is to call 911 and travel to hospital by ambulance.
