Maternity Ward
A maternity ward specializes in caring for women during pregnancy and childbirth. It also provides care for newborn infants.
ADMISSION:
DUTIES:
STAFFING:
Maternity ward has 13 staff members on the ward and each shift has 3 midwives:
The staff members work as a team and are result oriented.
The working hours are less than 48 hours in a week per staff on duty.
NEONATAL WARD:
The Doctors and Midwives have a special love for all patients especially the preterm babies. Under Maternity ward we have got also a neonatal ward which is well equipped with 2 incubators, 2 oxygen concentrators, CPAP machine, 2 pulse oxyometer, 2 thermometers and all other supplies.
The staff always keep the ward and maintain good waste segregations.
INFRASTRUCTURE.
Maternity ward has the following departments
ADMISSION:
- On average admissions made are as follows:
- 4 mothers daily.
- 28 mothers weekly.
- 112 mothers monthly.
- 1144 yearly.
DUTIES:
- Dump dusting.
- Ordering of drugs.
- Ward rounds.
- Admitting patients.
- Giving treatment.
- Discharging patients.
- Compiling data.
- Organizing the ward for duty
- Maternal, perinatal and neonatal audits.
- Ward meetings.
STAFFING:
Maternity ward has 13 staff members on the ward and each shift has 3 midwives:
- 1 Full time Dr.
- 1 Registered midwife
- 9 Enrolled midwives
- 2 Cleaners on the ward and each day all work harder to maintain the ward clean
The staff members work as a team and are result oriented.
The working hours are less than 48 hours in a week per staff on duty.
NEONATAL WARD:
The Doctors and Midwives have a special love for all patients especially the preterm babies. Under Maternity ward we have got also a neonatal ward which is well equipped with 2 incubators, 2 oxygen concentrators, CPAP machine, 2 pulse oxyometer, 2 thermometers and all other supplies.
The staff always keep the ward and maintain good waste segregations.
INFRASTRUCTURE.
Maternity ward has the following departments
- Neonatal wing.
- Labor suit.
- ANC Admission room.
- Postnatal care room.
- Private Rooms (4)
- Nurses station room
- Isolation Room.
- Kangaroo Mother Care Room among others.