At the Kumaka District Hospital in Region One on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health commissioned a new Maternal and Child Health Sub Region Office (MCH).
The newly commissioned MCH Office aims to provide services for residents within its Sub-Region which houses 18 health facilities. Among these facilities are two health centres, one regional hospital and fifteen health posts.
Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony, during his remarks stated that over the last two years, the region has seen no maternal deaths which he said was a great accomplishment for the health sector.
“One of the things we are doing is building waiting homes next to each hospital to allow for safer births and less complications. We don’t want our mothers dying in child birth”, Anthony said, according to a release from the Ministry of Health.
“I’m very happy to see the significant progress made in a relatively short period of time”, Anthony said.
Meanwhile Dr Steven Cheefoon, Regional Health Officer, who said that Moruca in previous times had the highest rate of maternal deaths in the country, said that a stronger health care system was developed through training of traditional birth attendants and community health workers in far-flung areas. This he said was to prevent maternal deaths.
“With all the implementations, Moruca in the last two years have not seen a maternal death or any serious maternal complications”, Dr Cheefoon stated
