A six-member team, including two experts from Finland, is on a five-day visit to Baleswar to bring an improvement in the healthcare system, with the focus on pre and post natal activities.
The team included representatives of M4ID and Care India. Nicolas von Flittner, Product Design lead, Veronica Bluguermann, Service and Interaction Design, both from Finland and Akshay are from the M4ID, while the Care India representatives are Dr Mahindra Behera, Meghajyoti and Sweta .
They after visiting the MCH unit of the district headquarters hospital and Basta CHC had a discussion with MP Rabindra Jena on Wednesday regarding the implementation of their project intending safe delivery.
“Our focus is to bring improvement in the infrastructure, supply, HR and skill of the healthcare establishments. We also intend to give the optimum result by separating the clinical and non clinical activities in an organized manner,” said Dr Mohanty.
The innovative project brings together product, service and architectural design, in collaboration with maternal health experts, to rethink the birth experience in low resource settings.
These innovations can be applied to both new and existing health facilities to improve the quality of care for both women and care providers.
“The team would be conducting cross-disciplinary exploration and ignite dialogue between the participants about how to co-create, innovate and discover hidden possibilities which could improve the child birth care experiences and understand the Odisha State maternal and new born health programme and initiatives,” said MP Jena.
They team would interact with different stakeholders, including doctors, nurses , paramedics and ASHAs etc and conduct mapping of the physical space and product environment and availability of local material.
“Initially we are monitoring daily activities in the facilities, care activities , equipment and medical preparedness , interiors and furniture, buildings and their functions ,infrastructure , upkeep and maintenance,” said Nicolas .