St Vincent’s Private Hospital Fitzroy has become the first Victorian hospital to use the world’s most advanced maternity and childbirth simulator to provide the highest level of obstetric training and care.

Unlike other mannequins or simulators, the MamaAnne takes training to a new level, blinking, breathing, moving and talking. Most importantly, she can deliver a baby mannequin during a simulated birth.

It allows midwives to experience complex birth scenarios in a safe environment and helps midwifery students practice delivering babies, including in emergency situations, before they ever step into a real delivery room. 

St Vincent’s Hospital Fitzroy delivers around 2,000 babies each year. In 2025, our new maternity facilities opened, providing new state-of-the-art, luxurious birth suite and post-natal rooms for families to spend their first days with their new baby. Our newly upgraded Special Care Nursery has the advanced technology and a highly experienced and skilled team to look after babies with complex needs.