Training of skilled birth attendants begins in Kanpur

Kanpur: With an aim of reducing the maternal- infant mortality rate, the training of Skilled Birth Attendants (SBA) under the National Health Mission commenced here, on Tuesday. The third phase of SBA training would consist of theory for five days, followed by 16 days of detailed training for the trainees to deal with complications arising during childbirth at the District Women’s Hospital, Dufferin.
Chief Medical Officer Alok Ranjan said that the aim of this training was to bring down the maternal-child mortality rate to the minimum level. Although the condition of the district had improved, there was still room for improvement.
Additional Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr SK Singh said that there were many challenges in the health sector. The health workers associated with the delivery work have to be alert and fulfill their responsibility and make people aware that sex determination and feticide are legal offences. The tendency of unnecessary ultrasound is also to be avoided.
On the first day, Dr Sunita Singh, Gynecologist and Obstetrician of District Women’s Hospital informed the present staff nurses and Ayush medical officers about the complications arising during delivery and suggested ways to prevent them. Detailed information was also given about the serious conditions coming from pregnancy to delivery. As many as 16 staff nurses and Ayush women doctors from other health centers including district women hospitals were present on day one.
District maternal health counselor Hari Shankar Mishra apprised that the training will last for a total of 21 days. The first five days would be theory and after that for 16 days the trainees would be trained in batches of four each on complications arising during delivery in FRU (First Referral Unit).