NAMAKKAL: The number of deliveries reported in Primary Health Centres (PHC) and Government Hospitals in the last 20 days has improved, Collector G. Sundaramurthi said.
Maternity care
In a statement issued here on Saturday, he said that the district administration conducted a meeting to analyse the reasons for the drastic fall in the number of deliveries in 47 PHCs and eight government hospitals.
The administration was providing round-the-clock maternity care in all the PHCs.
Create awareness
The village health nurses and health officials were asked to create awareness among people to approach the PHCs and government hospitals for pre-natal and post-natal care.
As a result, out of 1,825 births reported in the district in September, 1,065 were at PHCs and government hospitals, which was 58.4 percent of the total number of deliveries. This was 11.4 percent higher than the total deliveries reported in August, the release said.
The Collector appreciated the village health nurses, medical officers and health officials for their efforts in this regard.
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