Uganda Ministry of health
speaks out as mothers and babies in Kawempe General Referral Hospital compete
for limited bed spaces.
Mothers compete for the
beds and hospital labor suite at Kawempe Referral Hospital in Uganda, according
to TowerPost, this is not different from other public-funded hospitals in
Uganda. More than 80 mothers reportedly deliver their babies in the hospital on
a daily basis.
“The patient numbers are so
many. The referrals are abnormal from lower health facilities.” Health Ministry
officials.
Health centers provide
comprehensive emergency obstetric care, including cesarean sections, blood
transfusion, and anesthesia, most of them across the country do not have
adequate capacity in terms of personnel and supplies.
They have to compete for
the beds in the hospital labor suite, which forces others in early labour to
lie on the floor.
The post-natal ward where
mothers are supposed to be referred six hours after a normal delivery is only
equipped with a mattress where they lie on the floor without beds, which
exposes their babies to infections that can lead to death.
Here are some pictures of
new-born babies placed on plastic chairs and packed together in an open space
as the nursery limit has been over exceeded.
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