ST. Mary Maternity Hospital
ST. Mary Maternity Hospital
ST. Mary Maternity Hospital
Introduction
Mission
• Deliver Healthy babies
• Medical care to expectant mothers.
Highlights
*CMO Rita Maharaja was under pressure to improve rating of hospital as the future funding
depended on living up to the expectation of stakeholders.
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• Paid attention to expectant mothers with little or no formal education, in which case , doctor
and nurses had an extra responsibility to educate and create awareness about parental care
such as proper nutritional care, regular health checkup, blood work and immunization.
• Success of MMH’s mission depended on delivery of healthy babies with normal weight.
MMH received an average score of 4.6 on a 5 point scale of 25 performance indicator (3 out of 5)
From 2006-2010
• January 2006 – MMH Board of trustees appointed Dr. Rita Mahraj as CMO after retirement of Dr. Julia.
• December 2010- RHA rated MMH as bottom 25 % for its maternity services.
RHA Report
• 10% of expectant mothers , who were surveyed immediately after giving birth to a baby stated
that ,although MMH provided parental ‘s weight education to 40% of the expectant mothers
who needed it Majority didn’t adhere to basic advice effect of mother's age on baby
• Importance and benefits of breast feeding, Importance of child nutrition throughout
pregnancy. Only 50% of the women at MMH were able to fully understand the prenatal
sessions compared to the national average 60%.
MMH penalized for failing to provide statistic regarding breastfeeding ,mothers education
qualification, birth order of baby and smoking behavior during pregnancy.
38% said that they were satisfied with the service provide by the hospital.
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Concerns of Board
• After RHA report Petra Rao chairman of the MMH Board of trustees expressed
disappointment to ,Dr Maharaj. He asked to review maternity service.
• Explained how they have invested significantly and committed extra funding for
the future dedicated to improve maternity services.
Way Forward
• Rita decided to conduct survey for expectant mothers to understand all the issues
and there implications for doctors, nurse AHPs and administrators.
• Discussed with her deputy Dr. Rubie kite to overcome from this crisis.
• Dr. Kite surveyed birth recovery ward at hospital and collected responses from 33
mothers.
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