Gushegu District Hospital Record's One Maternal death IN 2015
The Acting Medical Superintendent of the Gushegu
District Hospital, Dr Barihama Adam has disclosed that the hospital is working
hard to ensure they record a zero percent maternal mortality rate by 2017.
According
to him, the hospital recorded seven maternal deaths in 2012 but worked hard to
reduce it to one death last year. Dr Adam disclosed this at an open day celebration
held by the hospital to highlight the successes, challenges and projections of
the hospital. Speaking to Justice News Dr Adam said they have been able to
achieve the reduction because of the measures they have put in place to deal
with emergency cases they receive. He catalogued the measures as stocking the blood
bank with blood to deal with emergency cases during labour, a ready theater to
handle complications, a standby team to deal with complications among others.
He also attributed the achievement to the ultra modern health
facility the district has. He noted that if a hospital lacks infrastructure, it
could affect the outcome of the delivery.
Outlining the challenges of the hospital, Dr Adam said the
reluctance of the people to donate blood remains a big challenge to the
hospital and called on the indigenes to always donate blood to the hospital to
save lives.
Source; Justice fm
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