Church donates special bed for women in labour

By Saumu Mwalimu ,The Citizen Reporter

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“We are seeing an increase number of people in our wards that do not correspond to the level of the centre, the bed is now giving us a breath from that nightmare we were facing many times especially when we have more than two mothers in labour,” said Dr Mbao whose dispensary is in charge with serves more than 40000 in and outpatients every year.

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Dar es Salaam. Expectant mothers in Majohe Kichangani have finally get what for a long time forced them to deliver babies in condition that are not health friendly after their sole Majohe Dispensary received a delivery bed donation.

The bed which will be an additional to one that was available at the centre will serve 4 expectant mothers in labour who were earlier forced to deliver on the normal beds.

Speaking after receiving a donation from Calvary Assemblies of God (CAG) of Majohe Kichangani, the doctor in charge Dr Elias Mbao said that the bed will solve a challenge that was facing the hospital for the past 38 years.

“We are seeing an increase number of people in our wards that do not correspond to the level of the centre, the bed is now giving us a breath from that nightmare we were facing many times especially when we have more than two mothers in labour,” said Dr Mbao whose dispensary is in charge with serves more than 40000 in and outpatients every year.

On his side, the CAG Pastor Amos Lilai said that the church has been touched by the government efforts in reducing the maternal death and urges other institutions to continue with that effort.

“We are almost reaching the 2015 Millenium Development Goal that among other things aims at reducing birth related deaths, so by giving the small we have in the government effort we not only help the government but saving many lives of our mothers and children,” he said whose church has donated also donated some hospital bed sheets, the brob-babies weighing scale among other things.