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Invercargill Hospital has just 17 per cent of the midwives it needs, and is an "extreme risk", Southern District Health Board chief executive Chris Fleming says.
In a brief report to the board, he outlined a crisis with the DHB's midwifery service.
DunedinHospital was also in difficulty, with only about half the midwives it needs.