Dilemma of rural obstetrics. One community's solution.

Problem Being Addressed: Increasing workload and concerns about physician exhaustion necessitated reorganizing the delivery of obstetric services on Manitoulin Island in Ontario.

Objective Of Program: To organize obstetrics in a remote rural community to provide safe, accessible care, improve working conditions for local physicians, and involve the local hospital and health care workers in the solution.

Main Components Of Program: A prenatal clinic for all obstetric care on the island was established.