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‘Quite unsettling’: AFL great reacts to sudden news maternity unit is shutting down

Tom Elliott
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Joel Selwood admits sudden news the Epworth Geelong Maternity Unit is shutting down has “unsettled” he and his heavily-pregnant wife, Brit, ahead of the birth of their first child.

The AFL great said it was difficult to understand why the unit was closing on March 1, given how quickly the Geelong area was growing.

“It’s quite unsettling,” he told Neil Mitchell.

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An online petition created, in a bid to stop the closure, has been signed by more than 9500 people.

Dr Elise Davey said it was crucial to keep the doors open.

“If they close, we will lose those staff, they’ll scuttle up the road to Melbourne and they’ll never re-open that unit,” she said.

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(Photo by Morgan Hancock/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

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