Maternity

At Least 25 Women Die Of Maternity Complications In MP Everyday

As many as 25 women die every day in Madhya Pradesh due to pregnancy related complications, owing to poverty, lack of awareness and poor health//. According to data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS), the Maternal Mortality rate (MMR) in the state stands at 498 - which means that out of every 100,000 women, 498 die either while delivering a baby or within 48 hours of becomi...

Disgruntled GPs and Midwives Squabble over Maternity Care.

New Zealand: Though there have been improvements in maternity care, specifically to section 88 of the contract, yet it is considered inadequate, due to which expectant mothers prefer care of midwives over general practitioners//. Proposed changes to maternity-care funding do not go far enough in bringing pregnant women back to family doctors, GPs say. Peter Foley, of the New Zealand M...

Closures of Maternity Units across Grampian Arouses Concern

After the board of NHS Grampian voted for the closure of maternity services at four rural hospitals in the area, fears for expectant mothers and their unborn babies have been raised.// Following this decision the North-east will be left with only three fully dedicated maternity units at Peterhead, Aberdeen and Elgin. Expectant mothers in the remote Strathdon and Braemar areas...

Pertusis scare at a maternity hospital

A female staff member at a Sydney maternity hospital was diagnosed with deadly whooping cough. As a result, around 50 families may have to be given antibiotics// as a precautionary measure. This woman was working at the women and babies facility of Royal Prince Alfred in Camperdown. The Sydney South West Area Health Service had confirmed the diagnosis, last night. 'When diagno...

'Ire' of Irish Moms pained over maternity services in Ireland.

A recent survey conducted by Irish Examiner/Landsdowne Market Research was an eye opener. It revealed that two out of three women in Ireland are unhappy with the maternal// services offered in the country and feels that there is definitely room for improvement. The research has revealed that almost 63% of women in Ireland who gave birth over the last two years were displeased with s...

Maternity leave mooted for South African girls

A proposal that pregnant South African schoolgirls be allowed "maternity leave" has sparked heated debate in the country amid fears// that this could encourage teen pregnancies. South Africa is under pressure to deal with the high number of teenagers who drop out of school and fail to continue their education once they become mothers. It is one of only a few countries in sub-Saharan A...

Health Officials Approve Plan for New ￡28m Maternity Hospita

Health officials in Glasgow gave the nod for the opening of a new ￡28 million maternity unit at the Southern General Hospital. //The plans put forward by NHS greater Glasgow and Clyde envision completion of the unit by December 2009. The health board confirmed that it had discussions with doctors and patient groups regarding the available three choices for the new maternity hospital....

Want a Good Night’s Sleep- Maternity Nurses to the Rescu

Call it ‘evolution of mothers’ or what you want, but now maternity nurses, or strangers who mind your new born baby so that you// get a good night’s sleep, have arrived. In the UK, maternity nurses can be had for the money, although hefty. A fee of around 125 to 200 pounds, a day, will ensure your baby kept away from you except at feeding times, so you and your partner cat...

United Kingdom: Maternity Units Exposed! Leaves Much to Be Desired

A BBC panorama investigation into the functioning of maternity units in UK is an eye-opener to prevailing malfunctions which appears to be an everyday// affair in the hospitals. In a sting operation conducted by BBC, some maternity units came under the scanner, to reveal some alarming practices. Some of the maternity units were facing an acute shortage of staff. As a result most midwi...

Police Recover Remains of Fetuses from Haryana Maternity Home

Police have recovered the remains of fetuses from a maternity home in Haryana today. The burnt fetuses were unearthed from Pataudi village after police received complaints from locals. The police have registered a case and are in the look out for the owner of the clinic who is absconding. "We sealed nursing home. The signature of Dr. A.K. Singh was req...

Paid Maternity Leave Pushed By Australian Rights Activists

According to Australias human rights chief, women are being "punished" in the workplace for producing the next generation . The president of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, John von Doussa, while reviving a bid for paid maternity leave to be put on the Federal Government's agenda, termed the failure to set up a universal scheme an "unfortunate policy" and plainly wr...

United Kingdom: Maternity Units Exposed! Leaves Much to Be Desired

A BBC panorama investigation into the functioning of maternity units in UK is an eye-opener to prevailing malfunctions which appears to be an everyday affair in the hospitals. In a sting operation conducted by BBC, some maternity units came under the scanner, to reveal some alarming practices. Some of the maternity units were facing an acute shortage of staff. As a result most midw...