Almonte General Hospital and the Ottawa Valley Family Health Team has launched a Newborn and Early Postpartum Support Team, or NEST.
It provides out patient care for newborns and mothers within the first six weeks of life based on need.
Dr. Laurel Kedrosky says their care is enhanced with NEST.
Dr. Kedrosky provides some parameters of the program.
Kedrosky says new mothers are usually seen six weeks after giving birth for their first postpartum checkup, while this program changes that.
Kedroskysays the hope is to eventually expand or branch NEST over with existing services.