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Midwife disputes
committee findings

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allows patients and midwives
to hear the heart beat.
Milner said she did not
accompany Renaud to the
hospital because Renaud was
upset. She said the bilingual
Renaud spoke French as a
first language. Therefore,
Milner decided that it would
be better for Renaud’s sister
~— a medical doctor from
Montreal — to accompany
Renaiid to the hospital. By
. doing so, Renaud's sister
‘could translate Renaud’s
. French and speak on a med-
: ical level with doctors.
Milner maintains she was
not even. Renaud’s midwife
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woman was in charge. Milner.

was only there to help and
did not have a contract with
Renaud. ;

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sidered medication under the
Pharmacy Act. “It's like
drinking orange pekoe tea
and saying it is medication.”
She added she did not give
Renaud any medication.

Milner maintains that
she’s a scapegoat. Renaud,
Milner said, knew the risks
of birthing at home and must
be responsible for her deci-
sion.

Renaud, however, stands
by the facts as outlined in the
RNABC report. However,
she said she still supports
midwifery. “You can't judge
the profession of midwifery
knowing what happened to

_ me,” she said. “It wouldn’t be

meanwhile,
rejected RNABC contentions
that she should not have
administered a local anaes-
thetic to another woman and
sutured her episiotemy after
stitches had fallen out.

Nurses don’t perform
those functions, but mid-
wives do, said Milner. The
RNAEC charged that Milner
brushed aside the patient's
contention the incision was
infected and did not recom-
mend the p#tient seek other
assistance. Milner said she
offered to call the woman's
doctor, but the woman
declined the offer.

Milner has written and
passed the midwifery licens-
ing exam in Washington
State, but the licence applica-

tion has been put on hold _

until the Renaud case has
been closed. .

She has an associate
degree in nursing from
Dougias Coliege and post-
basic in obstetrical nursing
from BCIT.

Milner has practiced as a
registered nurse at St. Paul's,
Grace and Burnaby General
Lospitals.

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