At their meeting last night Flin Flon Council heard from co-chairs of the We Want Birth Committee Kirsten Fritch and Jan Unrau to mark the one year anniversary of the closing of obstetric services at the General Hospital.  They reported they had about 40 people at their anniversary march and they are still waiting for some answers about the service.  They continue to contact government ministers and are studying the blueprint for health care released on Friday and are hoping the government plan to reduce much of the health travel to Winnipeg and the note that pre-natal care is an ongoing need in the north could lead to the return of quality obstetric services here. They also noted they are aware of  issues such as recruitment and the low level of births here but obstetricians can deal with other women’s health issues that aren’t provided for here.  Unrua suggested having a midwifery position opened here would be a good start to providing services for expectant mothers.  Fritch mentioned the next step is collecting stories and conducting an online survey on the difficulties mothers who are travelling to give birth outside of Flin Flon are experiencing to back up the need for obstetric services here.