Tuesday, October 11, 2011

8600 pregnant women die in Balochistan every year

About 8600 women during delivery die in Balochistan province every year due to non-availability of Labor Room and heath facilities.

According to a statement issued here on Tuesday, Regional Director Rahnuma Family Planning Association Mushtaq Ali and Medical Superintendent Saiban Family Health Hospital Noor Muhammad said that maternal mortality ratio was highest in Balochistan in comparison with other provinces.

They said that about 8600 women during delivery died in Balochistan annually as there was acute lack of availability of labor room and other health facilities to pregnant women in the province.

Referring to a report of World Health Organization (WHO), they said that women died during delivery because of bleeding, unsafe abortion, infection, suffering from coma during delivery, non-availability of health care, HIV/Aids, Malaria and other diseases.

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