Dr Victory Ametepe, the Medical Director of St. Mary Theresa Hospital, says the Hospital has recorded zero maternal mortality for the year 2021, 2022 and mid-year of 2023.
He attributed this success story to good stakeholder collaboration, excellent maternal care for prevention and timely treatment of complications and teamwork among staff in the hospital.
Dr Ametepe made this disclosure at the Mid-year Performance Review Meeting of the Kadjebi District Directorate of the Ghana Health Service at Kadjebi in the Oti Region.
For under five-year death, he said, 8 were recorded in the same period, 6 in 2022 and 17 in 2021, while that of infant death were 8 during the period, 4 in 2022 and 11 in 2021.
On still birth, Dr Ametepe said, 8 cases were recorded as at mid-year 2023, while 2022 and 2021 records 13 cases each and that the fresh still birth were 3 in 2023, 4 in 2022 and 2 in 2021.
The Medical Director says on supervised delivery, they were 337 deliveries as at mid-year 2023, 352 in 2022 and 383 in 2021, while that of Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) was zero for both year 2023 and 2022, whereas six TBA deliveries were recorded in 2021.
He said ANC registration within the period under review was 211 in 2023, 229 in 2022 and 310 in 2021, while mothers with fourth ANC visit was 197, 177 and 181, respectively.
Mr Damasus Ayangba, Deputy Regional Director, Administration, Oti Regional Health Directorate, commended the Hospital for been the Overall Best Performing Hospital in the Oti Region for year 2022 and promised that the regional directorate would continue to support them with logistics.
He charged the health workers to improve on their performance as service to mankind is a service to God.
Mr Eric Nana Takyi, Kadjebi District Director of Health Services, said mid-year performance review was meant to identify gaps and strategist how to fix them.
He said still birth had reduced from 18 per cent in 2022 to 8 per cent during the half-year of 2023, teenage pregnancy also dropped from 16 per cent to 10 per cent during the period and that neonatal death has, however, rose to 8 per cent from 2 per cent in the same period.
Nana Takyi said substance and alcohol abuse were on the rise in the district and called for change, saying, if not, mental health challenges would shoot up.
Four individuals and two sub-districts were awarded for been the Best COVID-19 Vaccinators helping the district to achieve 70 per cent target. There were presentations from the Health Promotion, Mental Health, Public Health, Nutrition and Disease Control Units.
GNA