A simple caesarean section went horribly wrong for a 33-year-old woman after she contracted a rare and deadly bacterial infection. Vaishali Sawant, a Nalasopara resident, was admitted to Cama and Albless Hospital in CST a month ago after she experienced premature labour pangs. Her husband Sandeep recounted that she never recovered from her surgery and eventually contracted the strain of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) bacteria in the hospital environs. Source: DNA R
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In a first of its kind initiative in the state, here's some good news for moms-to-be. Karnataka is gearing up to introduce the free pick-up-and-drop facility for pregnant women to reduce high infant and maternal mortality rates in the state. The scheme will be open to women who avail of services in government hospitals.
Source: The Time sof India Read more Although maternal mortality rate has come down in the district come down in the past couple of years, it remained static giving cause for concern. Health workers should keep this mind and ensure proper medical attention for pregnant mothers, said Collector Jayashree Muralidharan.
Inaugurating a workshop for medical officers of primary health centres and urban health centres to discuss ways to bring down and prevent maternal mortalities recently, Ms. Muralidharan said the district had recorded 29 maternal mortalities in 2011-12 and 2012-13, down from the average of 40 during the previous two years. Sixteen maternal mortalities have been reported so far this year, giving cause for worry. A study has revealed that 20 per cent of the deaths were due to pregnancy induced hypertension and 67 per cent of the deaths were caused by postpartum haemorrhage. Source: The Hindu Read more At least 114 children were hospitalised in Hooghly district after they were mistakenly given Hepatitis B vaccine orally instead of pulse polio drops. Six persons were suspended for the lapse that triggered protests with angry villagers locking up health workers. Sunday was pulse polio day so parents had taken their children to the polio booth at the Khatul village under Arambagh sub-division, official sources said. Source: The Hindu Read more Independent Maternal Mortality Audit Cell (Swatantra Matra-Mratyu Samikshak Dal) has been set up in Allahabad, Kaushambi, Fatehpur and Pratapgarh districts to undertake maternal mortality audit in the region. Headed by a senior health official, the cell will also have a woman health worker. National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) authorities have asked additional directors (medical & health) of Faizabad, Allahabad, Bareilly, Devipatan and Basti divisions to constitute a cell to promote maternal mortality audit. Twenty districts, including Allahabad, Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Faizabad, Barabanki, Sultanpur, Amethi, Ambedkarnagar, Fatehpur, Bareilly, Shahjahanpur, Badaun, Pilibhit, Gonda, Bahraich, Shavasti, Balrampur, Basti, Siddarthnagar and Sant Kabirnagar have been chosen for the exercise.
Source: Times of India Read more In Santhali villages in Godda, along Jharkhand’s border with Bihar, many slanting stone megaliths that mark the community graves are those of young women who died in childbirth in recent years. Tribal families in the hamlets scattered in Sundarpahari and Poreyhat – many of whom speak only Santahli - recount desperate struggles for medical help when young women in their families in advanced stages of pregnancy experienced complications Source: The Hindu Read more An impressive 62% decline in protein-energy malnutrition over the last two decades and the emergence of road injury as a major factor for mortality are the highlights of a report on the burden of diseases in South Asia released on Thursday. Diarrhoea and lower respiratory infection (LRI), too, have declined but still figure along with preterm birth complications among the top three causes of years lost to disability and mortality in the region in 2010
Source: Times of India Read more The Research and Intervention for Sexual Health: Theory to Action (RISHTA) project focused attention on the symptom of vaginal discharge and established a Women’s Health Clinic in June 2009 in the Urban Health Clinic serving a low income community inhabited largely by Muslims. Every woman recruited into the project — 1125 of them — was asked to provide a medical history, to undergo an internal examination, and test for sexually transmitted infections (STI) before being given treatment.
Source: The Hindu Read more The latest survey by sickle Cell Disease Project in Attappady found that over 20 per cent of the 33,120-strong tribal population is affected by the dreaded genetic disorder of sickle cell anaemia. The latest survey conducted in June 2013 by the Agali Community Health Centre and the five Public Health Centres found 1,253 tribals affected by sickle cell anaemia (AS). Out of this 96 are acute cases (SS).
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