Today we visited the maternity ward of a hospital in Tana. It is a referral hospital for 23 local health centers.
They have about 12 deliveries per day. Many of the patients are high risk since they are referred from other facilities.
These twin girls were born earlier this week.
The hospital is able to perform cesarean sections, but there is no intensive care nursery due to lack of trained staff and lack of equipment.
We were very impressed with the hard-working and capable chief doctor of the maternity ward. One of her colleagues was trained in our neonatal resuscitation course earlier this week. She will train the other providers at this hospital with the teaching kit provided by LDS Charities.
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