There had been a remarkable decrease in the Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) in Chhattisgarh, claims an official press release issued here on Friday.
According to the annual health survey, the MMR in the State is 263 per lakh, it stated.
As per the official statement, bleeding after delivery and eclampsia are mainly responsible for maternal mortality.
In order to arrest these reasons, the State Health Department had been holding various healthcare programmes across the State.
'Janani Suraksha Schemes' has been launched in the State to promote secured motherhood and institutional delivery and to bring down MMR and CMR (Child Mortality Rate). In 2012-13, benefits of the scheme was given to 2,80,446 beneficiaries, whereas, in 2013-14, 2,28,725 got the benefits.
To make emergency delivery and necessary delivery services qualitative, the district hospitals and primary health centres are being strengthened. 16 district hospitals, 1 civil hospital and 16 community health centres are working as 'First Referral Units'.
For the solution of bleeding problem after delivery, blood transfusion facility is available in 16 district hospitals and 18 community health centres.
Under the 'Emergency Delivery and Newborn Management Training Programme', so 31 MBBS doctors have been imparted Caesarean operation and 48 doctors Anaesthesia
skill training.
A total of 102 primary health centres in the State are giving 24-hour service. 21-day skilled birth attender training is being imparted to staff nurses, woman multipurpose workers and lHV lady health visitors posted in all the health institutions of the state.
So far 4,744 'Mahatari laika Swasthya Diwas' camps were organised on one appointed day of the week for the continuous observation of health of women in all the primary health centres of the State. In these camps, 75,308 pregnant women had been registered and provided complete check-up, examination and treatment to them. In order to curb and solve MMR after finding its reasons, maternal mortality audit is being done.