Needlessly dying to give birth

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Elsewhere in this edition, we carry a heartbreaking article indicating that 68 women died last year in maternity care, due to delays in receiving attention from health professionals.

Some died from health care providers’ lack of skill, absence of emergency triage, poor monitoring, poor documentation, stock-outs and delayed referrals.

A study also found that poor communication between colleagues in the same health facility, which include doctors and nurses within the referral chain and of different specialties, was also contributing to maternal deaths.

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