Friday 21st February, 2020
By Agbaxode Emmanuel, GNA
Akatsi (V/R), Feb. 21, GNA – The Akatsi
District Hospital in the Akatsi South District of the Volta region has for the
past three years, not recorded any case of maternal mortality.
Mr Mawuli Asimenu, the Hospital
Administrator told the Ghana News Agency (GNA), that “since 2017 to date, our
facility has maintained a zero maternal mortality rate mainly to the fact that
we remain committed to give off our best in applying the necessary precautions,
appropriate drugs and rapid response to the needs of our numerous
clients.”
Mr Asimenu said it was every health
facility’s vision to escape maternal deaths, “so we train ourselves to rise to
every sticky situation with the view to saving dear lives.”
He urged pregnant women to seek medical care
right from the early stages of pregnancy to avoid any complications in their
nine- months-long journey to delivery.
Madam Bridget Bockor, Senior Midwifery
Officer (SMO) in-charge of the maternity unit at the Hospital, told the Ghana
News Agency (GNA) that several factors contributed to achieving the desired
results, especially responding swiftly to emergencies.
The Hospital however recorded a slight
increase in child birth from 1,966 in 2018 as against 1,985 in 2019.
GNA