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"COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) is in the process of revamping the maternity ward, especially labour rooms, to ensure the safety and comfort of women during and after the delivery process. Soon, those who deliver at the hospital may be able to demand their choice of position (to deliver) other than lay down flat and immediate skin to skin contact with their babies. They would also get to deliver in a separate cubicle on a proper labour bed that provides more privacy and comfort, rather than the open ward-like setup in most government hospitals.“We already have created virtual privacy for mothers-to-be and offer them skin to skin contact with babies immediately after the delivery. We also ensure that breastfeeding is commenced as soon as possible,” said a senior government hospital official. “We will no more insist on one to lay down for delivery. If there are no complications, one will be allowed to walk around until the delivery takes place.”All this is part of the Centre’s Lakshya Project launched in 2017 to bring down the maternal and new-born mortality rate during birth. The project basically includes a set of “labour room guidelines” that will have to be implemented in all government and district hospitals, and community health centres.The guidelines speak about allowing women to deliver in a squatting position or on all fours.They also specifically mention that all forms of bribery by paramedical staff in the hospital should be abolished, since that itself is a form of stress to a new mother. Verbal abuse of mothers-to-be/mothers by doctors or paramedical staff handling the delivery has also been strictly banned.A team from the Union health ministry had visited the hospital’s gynaecology and obstetrics ward last month. “We are in the process of implementing the guidelines. We already have some critical infrastructure in place. Now, we must sensitize our patients and attenders. Our operation theatre will be similar to the one in the government hospital in Chennai. We still have relatives entering the ward to visit the mother and new-born and this will be stopped slowly,” said Dr Manonmani, chief gynaecologist and obstetrician.CMCH sees more than 8,000 deliveries a year.Follow and connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin"
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