Birth injury concerns mount as hospitals risk understaffing

There is an assumption that, with advances in medical science, the risks of birth injury and pregnancy related death are so greatly reduced as to be negligible. Recent evidence suggests this might be a misguided assumption.
While there is no cause for alarm, as pregnancy fatalities are still rare, there has been a recent increase in the number of women dying from pregnancy associated problems.
The latest available statistics show that between 2000 and 2002, 261 women died from complications associated with pregnancy. This is a small rise on the figure of 242 deaths in the previous three-year period.
Statistics show that 0some form of sub-optimal care0 - something that can often be associated with medical negligence - is attributable to 66% of the pregnancy related deaths recorded.
It is a disturbing statistic, showing that a large proportion of deaths could possibly have been avoided had the women received better medical care.
As the safe-keepers of new life, pregnant women certainly deserve a higher level of maternity care. There is a risk that in an increasingly target-driven health service, which is currently suffering a shortage of midwives, society is in danger of forgetting the sanctity and primacy of mothers.
More Maternity Professionals Needed
There are other causes […]

Full Article At: KnowHow-Now.com Articles

Bookmark to: