Cases of maternal deaths saw a drastic reduction at the Bono Regional Hospital in Sunyani with the facility recording only three cases in 2020 as compared to 20 cases in 2019.
The Supervisor at the Antenatal Clinic of the Hospital, Mrs Joval Nyarko-Ababio told the Ghana News Agency that anaemia, eclampsia and sickle cell contributed to most of the deaths in 2019.
She, therefore, appealed for monitors, blood pressure gauges and more doctors, giving the assurance that the facility will do its best to avoid any maternal death in this year. Earlier, the Bono Regional Minister, Mrs Evelyn Ama Kumi Richardson, visited various wards and feted patients on admission.
The Minister supplied the patients with packages including tin, cooking oil, rice, spices and beverages. Mrs. Kumi-Richardson urged the patients to adhere to advice from health workers and take their drugs to facilitate their recovering processes.
The Midwife in-charge of maternity at the hospital, Mrs Vida Tiwaa, said nine babies comprising four boys and five girls were born on December 31, 2020.
Mrs Tiwaa appealed to pregnant women to attend regular ante-natal clinics to protect themselves and their unborn babies.
