Eighteen years of maternity care in a new teaching hospital

A new maternity hospital was inaugurated in Trinidad in 1981 to provide access for pregnant women to specialist antenatal care and to trained attendants during childbirth. As an academic tertiary-care institution, it also became a referral centre for high-risk pregnancies and obstetric emergencies....

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Published in:Clinical and experimental obstetrics & gynecology 2000, Vol.27 (3-4), p.223-224
Main Authors: Roopnarinesingh, S, Bassaw, B, Sirjusingh, A, Roopnarinesingh, A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cesarean Section - mortality
Cesarean Section - statistics & numerical data
Eclampsia - mortality
Female
Hospitals, Maternity - statistics & numerical data
Hospitals, Teaching - statistics & numerical data
Hospitals, University - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Hypertension - mortality
Infant Mortality
Infant, Newborn
Maternal Mortality
Pre-Eclampsia - mortality
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular - mortality
Trinidad and Tobago - epidemiology
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Summary:A new maternity hospital was inaugurated in Trinidad in 1981 to provide access for pregnant women to specialist antenatal care and to trained attendants during childbirth. As an academic tertiary-care institution, it also became a referral centre for high-risk pregnancies and obstetric emergencies. The efficacy of the services provided since inception was evaluated by measurement of mortality statistics, which are the most sensitive indices of maternal care. Over a period of 18 years, there were almost 100,000 births. Although the caesarean section rate was low, the perinatal and maternal mortality rates suggest that there is still a wide gap in obstetric standards between the developed world and this country. Improved vigilance for high-risk groups is required to identify potentially preventable deaths.
ISSN:0390-6663
2709-0094