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As good as home: Doctors putting bangles on pregnant women at the primary health centre at Thadikombu near Dindigul on Sunday. DINDIGUL: ‘Valai kaappu’ ceremony is one of the unforgettable events in a pregnant woman’s life. But several poor women have neither the finances nor relatives’ support to celebrate it. But over 100 pregnant women, mostly poor people living in 73 remote villages in Dindigul taluk, got a chance to take part in the celebrations when staff of the primary health centre at Thadikombu performed a mass ‘Valai kaappu’ ceremony for them in a grand manner on Sunday. While village health nurses smeared sandalwood paste on the cheeks of pregnant women, others sprinkled rose water (paneer). Later, doctors J. Malathi Prakash and S. Saroja Velusamy put on multi-coloured glass bangles in their hands. Later, blouse bit, flowers, turmeric, banana, betel leaf, betel nut and sweets were offered to them. The hosts followed all traditional guidelines in preparing a sumptuous feast for them. The feast comprised five varieties of mixed rice: ‘puliyotharai,’ curd rice, coconut rice, sweet pongal and vegetable briyani. Egg fry, onion raitha and mint chutney also formed part of the delicacies. Advice givenIt was not a mere ceremony. Doctors capitalised the function to advise the women to come to hospital for a safe delivery and to eat nutritious food. Presiding over the function, Director of Public Health S. Elango said that the objective of wearing bangles was to assess their health scientifically. “When you come to hospital for delivery, staff must struggle to remove bangles. If you eat nutritious food, the hands would bloat. We expect such a condition since only a nutritious diet ensures that the baby gains weight, ” he said. Good counselThe baby gets all immunity in the last three months only. To avoid pre-term or underweight babies, mothers should increase the quantity of food they eat, advised child specialist M. Jain Lal Prakash, who arranged the feast. Several speakers blessed the women, praying for a normal delivery. Joint Director of Health Services (in-charge) T. Jayabal assured to rectify repairs in the operation theatre at the primary health centre . Block Medical Officer J. Malathi Prakash said that even cable TV connection was available at the PHC. With no allocation of government funds, doctors and the staff shared the expenses.
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