Exhibition held on Safe Motherhood       18th April, 2013

College of Nursing, DMCH recently organised an exhibition on “Safe Motherhood.” Secretary Sh Prem Kumar Gupta, Principal Dr.Daljit Singh, Principal, College of Nursing  Dr.(Mrs.) Jasbir Kaur and Professor & Head of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Dr.Promila Jindalgraced the occassion. The role play and exhibition was co-ordinated under the guidance of Mrs.Nidhi Arora (Associate Professor) & Mrs.Savita. The aim of this exhibition was to create awareness in antenatal mothers regarding antenatal care and promoting institutional deliveries. 

Every day, almost 800 women die in pregnancy or childbirth, which threatens the well-being of surviving children. Of the hundreds of thousands of women who die during pregnancy or childbirth each year, ninety per cent live in developing and under-developed nations. The majority of women usually die from severe bleeding, infections, eclampsia, obstructed labour and the consequences of unsafe abortions.

During the exhibition, it was suggested that the great majority of maternal deaths can be prevented through simple cost-effective measures, which can be implemented even where resources are scarce.The core strategies that were demonstrated to improve maternal and newborn health include:-

• Access to family planning – counseling, services, and supplies 
• Access to quality care for pregnancy and childbirth
• Antenatal care\ skilled attendance at birth, including emergency obstetric and neonatal care immediate postnatal care for mothers and newborns