Lens: presentation of a man who is "midwife" by trade

Lens: presentation of a man who is "midwife" by trade

Bertrand LEZIER has a very unusual job for a man: he is a midwife. Recruited after his internship, he is the only man in a service of 18 people. There are currently a dozen like him in France practising this profession. Other than the locker room, he has the same treatment and working conditions as his female colleagues. Dr Bernard BOUCLY, Head of Maternity Department of the Lens Hospital and Danièle ROBAKOWSKI, Chief Supervisor testify to his integration. However, he says that a patient sometimes took him for the duty doctor while accompanying a woman doctor on his tour. It is filmed in the maternity ward of Lens and during a delivery. He concludes by saying that helping to give birth to a baby is always very moving, and that he believes he is doing one of the most beautiful jobs in the world.

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File : Male midwives

Publication date : 31 August 1997