Uttar Pradesh: Mother-child units to be set up in 35 cities; aims curbing maternal & infant mortality

An additional workforce would be engaged to manage the work, 1,750 workers, including doctors, would be appointed on a contractual basis

PGurus Newsdesk

November 23, 2022

An additional workforce would be engaged to manage the work, 1,750 workers, including doctors, would be appointed on a contractual basis

Uttar Pradesh targets to prevent maternal deaths

The Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government’s health department plans to set up mother and child wings in 35 cities aiming to bring down the rate of maternal and infant mortality.

Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak said, “The state’s maternal and infant mortality contributes significantly to the national data and for it to come down, the rates must reduce in UP. Therefore, the state has planned these new units.”

He said that each of these wings will have 100 beds besides testing equipment and newborn corners. An additional workforce would be engaged to manage the work. In this process, 1,750 workers, including doctors, would be appointed on a contractual basis.

The expenditure incurred would be borne through the National Health Mission. The Minister also said that these units will unburden the big centres in the cities besides checking the waste of time in transporting a patient to a better centre.

Officials said that an estimated 55 lakh women deliver babies in the state each year.

A significant number of them suffer from pre or post-natal complications. Even a small mistake translates into a loss of life and reflects upon crucial development indicators of infant, child, or maternal mortality rate.

[With Inputs from IANS]

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