By Laura | Field Worker
We want to start by saying a huge thank you for all your support in the last few years! In 2013, our Maternity Unit saw a 76% increase in deliveries from 2012, providing safe births for 721 women. Of these, 218 were emergency C-Sections for women facing high risk births. These are the kind of women and babies whose lives would have been in grave danger without our support.
Aside from deliveries, we also provided more prenatal consultations than ever before, and saw our paediatric and neonatal unit grow as well...more on that next time!
For a country that struggles with the highest rates of infant and maternal mortality in the Western hemisphere, its encouraging to see your support save so many lives. There are now more women in our region giving birth safely in hospitals than ever before. This is wonderful news, and something that should be celebrated.
However, as the number of women and children attending our hospital increase, so too does the need of more support. As patient numbers increase, more materials, lab tests, medicines, staff and other overheads are needed. We'd greatly appreciate your continued partnership to ensure we can meet these needs.
Together we've already proved what can be achieved. Please join with us again, so we can see even more mums and babies have safe births in 2014!
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