Although the Ministry of Health is looking to reduce the rate of maternal deaths that was recorded last year, Chief Medical Officer, Dr Shamdeo Persaud,Cheap Authentic Jerseys, is adamant that the support of communities is also a crucial factor in realising this goal.This is necessary in light of the fact that at least three of the 18 maternal deaths recorded by the Ministry last year, were of women who died within the community – either at home or while being transferred to hospital. According to Dr Persaud, this state of affairs is in fact “worrying and we would like to see some improvements.”Chief Medical Officer, Dr Shamdeo PersaudMoreover, he disclosed that the Ministry has started discussions with a number of stakeholders, including Village Captains, even as moves are being made to solicit support from churches and other groups within the society.“There are sometimes some very simple reasons why women don’t even go to deliver at hospitals,” Dr Persaud said, while relating that the last two deaths recorded last year were of women who stayed at home and had persons in the community deliver them.“They were both elderly, multiparous women and they bled; they were high risk cases and we needed to see them at the hospital,Cheap NBA Jerseys Wholesale,” he insisted.Dr Persaud divulged that based on reports reaching the Health Ministry, some pregnant women opt to not go to the hospital to be delivered for reasons ranging from the lack of proper nightgowns to wear to their inability to buy baby clothes.“Those are barriers that still exist; there is so much competition in our society with fashion and so on that if a patient doesn’t have towel,Wholesale China Jerseys, she may not want to go to hospital,Cheap NFL Jerseys China,” Dr Persaud speculated.As such he noted that the Ministry is appealing to social groups to, wherever possible, render support to these women with a view of boosting their diminished confidence to access the services of the public health care system.“It might mean us putting our hands together to help her get her bag ready,Cheap Jerseys From China, so that she feels confident enough to go to the hospital. There can be so much pressure on them like no pampers and so on; it might be a small cost to most of us but it does cost,” Dr Persaud asserted.He noted that while some women who would have given birth before do opt to re-use clothing from their previous children,Jerseys Wholesale, it may not always be an acceptable practice to encourage.The 18 maternal deaths recorded in eight regions of the country,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, were described as “way too high.” At least 11 of those deaths were categorised as direct pregnancy complications while the others had other underlying causes, according to Dr Persaud.And there were several health professionals who were held accountable for some of the recorded deaths, the Chief Medical Officer intimated. Disciplinary action, included doctors being sent on leave and orders being passed for them to undergo rotations through Obstetrics Departments to improve their skills. A few nurses on the other hand had their licences suspended and their protocols were reviewed as were their training, Dr Persaud disclosed.