Collie River Valley Medical Centre is pleased to announce an extension of our maternity service to our community. We now have four doctors providing obstetric services for low risk patients within Collie.

Dr Peter Wutchak has been practicing obstetrics in the area for over 16 years. He is anaesthetically trained which allows epidural based pain relief options.

Dr Jan Van Vollenstee has obstetric experience in both South Africa and Australia. As a GP surgeon, he is able to perform elective and emergency caesarean sections.

We now have two female GPs who have procedural skills in obstetrics that have joined our practice.

Dr Amanda Sabel is an English trained doctor who brings a wealth of obstetric experience from both England and Africa. She is quickly becoming an integral part of our team.

Dr Raquel Diego is a GP Registrar who is very experienced with obstetric care both in The Philippines and Australia. She has completed extensive time in maternity hospitals in Perth as well as offering GP obstetrics in Narrogin last year. Dr Diego is able to perform caesarean sections.

Also, Dr Adrian Lee is able to provide anaesthetic coverage that will allow epidurals for labour and caesarean sections.

This is the strongest team we have had in Collie for over a decade. When many towns are struggling to keep their maternity units open, we are working hard with the Collie hospital to build our maternity unit. For this to be successful, we need the support of the community.