No Medicare / little $ - what to do?

[PumpkinZulu]

Poor girl

I really hope they're eligible.

I have some left over baby clothes, not sure what the postage is like but I can check?

What about organisations like the Salvos, St Vinnies etc?

ETA Misread the EDD and forgot most Filipinos are Catholic so edited my response.

[LionsandBears]

PZ - she'd be 5 months pregnant now, so not likely to be an option. I'd assume she's Catholic as well. I doubt they could afford it even if they wanted to.

I think migrant communities are the best place to ask. There are access to services via major public hospitals. The main thing is she gets some form of antenatal care. They may have to pay it back. I know of a migrant couple whose baby arrived early. I think the cost of the SCN was about $800 per night.

[feeb]

It is very common for people not be eligible for medicare, some never and some take a few years. Dependant on what VISA they have and there applications for residency.

If they contact ST vinnies, salvos, caroline chisolm society etc they can get help with baby supplies, as for the hospital etc their is not the same available and unfortuantly hospital stays are costly. Other thing is she will also need to pay for vaccines if they decide to vaccinate baby.

I hope she gets some help.