As many as 877 new child infants and 61 moms have died as pregnant ladies refused to get admitted to hospitals for institutional supply throughout the covid-19 pandemic attributable to fears of contracting the illness, the Meghalaya authorities has knowledgeable the NHRC.
The Meghalaya authorities has just lately submitted the motion taken report back to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) after the latter registered a case over the excessive variety of maternal and new child deaths within the state throughout the pandemic.
“The causes of the newborn deaths had been looked into and it was found that the fatalities were due to the lack of medical attention and care because pregnant women refused to get themselves admitted to the health institutions due to fear and stigma of contracting Covid-19 and also the refusal to test for Covid-19,” the report stated.
During the time the deaths had taken place, it was obligatory to segregate Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 sufferers, therefore testing was completed to keep away from the unfold of the illness, particularly in hospital wards, it stated.
Even although ladies “abstained” from visiting well being amenities, ANMs and ASHAs have been usually monitoring their well being by residence visits and counseling, urging them to go to hospitals throughout supply, the report stated.
Taking cognisance of the excessive variety of deaths, the state authorities had launched a “rescue mission” and well being groups have been constituted to determine all pregnant ladies and register them on a cell utility to forestall such incidents, the state authorities stated.
The state administration stated that in addition to the pandemic, “the underlying and often unaddressed socio-economic and gender dimensions” added to the excessive variety of maternal and little one deaths in Meghalaya.
High-risk pregnant ladies have been tracked and none of them are allowed to ship at residence and requested to get admitted to hospitals a minimum of two weeks earlier than their due dates, the report stated.
The “rescue mission” was launched alongside Covid-19 administration. Districts have been requested to make sure 100 per cent ANC (Ante Natal Care) registration for early therapy and prevention of maternal mortality, and several other methods have been adopted, it added.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
