Raami Murugan is slowly picking up the pieces of her life after motherhood lost. Her baby girl was born premature en route to the Agali Community Health Centre on January 14. The baby, which weighed hardly above one kg, was declared dead on arrival. She is among 34 tribal infants who died in /the past six months due to malnutrition at Attappady in Palakkad district However, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and his Ministers blamed young mothers of Attappady for not “eating properly” and branded them alcoholics, saying their habits led to the death of their children. Source: The Hindu Read more
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Many Reports suggest that the rate of breastfeeding is low in the state due to lack of information, traditional belief in pre-lacteal feeding and substituting breast milk with other local and commercial baby food products. About 50.6 per cent mothers in the state breastfeed their babies.
Source: Times of India 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.
Source: Times of India Read more To ensure safe birth and good maternal health at Community Health Centres (CHCs) and First Referral Units (FRUs), the health department is starting a unique 'On Call' service under which specialised doctors of the region would attend the delivery cases at the FRU or CHC concerned.
For this service the special secretary, Medical Health and Family Welfare, Uttar Pradesh, Dr Kajal has formed a 'Safe Birth Response Team' (SBRT) in Varanasi on Thursday which comprises gynaecologists, anaesthesiologists and paediatricians Source: Times of India Read more Maternal death are rated as one of the major health concerns in India, maternal mortality is slowly but steadily showing a dip, especially in the medical colleges of Assam. The rate of maternal mortality witnessed a decrease in three medical colleges in Assam. The Assam Tribune reported it.
Source: The Assam Tribune Read more The Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI) has come up with a new initiative to incubate high dependency units (HDU) in government and private hospitals to deal with high-risk pregnancies. They will also assist hospitals in setting up these units. The federation is an apex body of obstetricians and gynaecologists in the country.
Source: Times of India Read more The infant mortality rate (IMR) and maternal mortality rate (MMR) in 11 Maoist-hit districts including the Kalahandi-Balangir-Koraput (KBK) region were alarming, Union health secretary Keshav Desiraju said. Balangir tops IMR, among the 11 districts, with 98 per 1,000 live births followed by Kandhamal at 86 against the state average of 59.
Source: The Hindu Read more The Chhattisgarh and Union governments have decided to halt the public-private partnership (PPP) project in diagnostic services. The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) refused to partially fund the outsourcing of diagnostic services. According to the state government outsourcing health services to private laboratories would enhance efficiency and facilitate delivery of services.
Source: The Hindu Read more Ms Madhuri Krishnaswami from Badwani District in Madhya Pradesh along with four of her colleagues from Jagrit Adiwasi Dalit Sangathan was arrested and put in jail on May 16, 2013 for protesting against the demands for bribes and eviction from hospital of a woman in labour Ms Baniya Bai. Ms Baniya Bai subsequently delivered outside the hospital in full public view. The members of Ms Baniya Bai’s village who had come with her protested against the high handed behaviour of the hospital staff. This kind of incidence is against human rights violation and also discrimination against marginalised people. Source: Change.org Read more |
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