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Jimila to get maternity home

20 Apr, 2014 - 00:04 0 Views
Jimila to get maternity home Mr Mthetho Sikhosana (right) and Mrs Sibongile Ngwenya admire the renovated Jimila Clinic maternity block last Saturday

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Mr Mthetho Sikhosana (right) and Mrs Sibongile Ngwenya admire the renovated Jimila Clinic maternity block last Saturday

Mr Mthetho Sikhosana (right) and Mrs Sibongile Ngwenya admire the renovated Jimila Clinic maternity block last Saturday

Robin Muchetu Senior reporter
EXPECTANT mothers in Tsholotsho’s Jimila village will soon benefit from a maternity ward that is being constructed at Jimila clinic, following the destruction of the previous ward by heavy rains.
The maternity ward is being constructed through the assistance of the Minister of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services, Professor Jonathan Moyo.

The co-ordinator of the project, Mr Sikhosana Mthetho, said the community informed the minister of their plight when he visited the area last year.

“The Minister came and the community told him they were in need of a maternity clinic as the one they were using was damaged by heavy rains and the minister initiated the building of the new structure,” Mr Mthetho said.

The old waiting mother’s shelter at Jimila clinic had its roof blown off by heavy rains that affected Tsholotsho for over a month. The windows and other structures were damaged extensively such that the mothers could not camp there anymore.

The clinic authorities have now been forced to refer expectant mothers to either Tsholotsho District Hospital or Sipepa Clinic.

Mr Mthetho said with the assistance of Prof Moyo, they had managed to put up a new fence around the whole clinic and a gate which made the place more secure.

The construction of the maternity ward started in November 2013 and is at an advanced stage.
The ward will have a sluice room, a specially designed room which is used to handle soiled bedding and clothing. There will also be a delivery room where mothers will give birth and post natal wards where the babies and mothers are admitted after delivery.

There is also a consultation room and treatment area, complete with a pharmacy.
The project coordinator also said Prof Moyo was also assisting the community by constructing nurses’ homes within the clinic.

“There are two new nurses’ homes that are in the process of being constructed as the current ones are very old and need refurbishment. Nurses were now being forced to share accommodation as it is inadequate but the new homes will lessen the burden,” Mr Mthetho said.

Government through the Ministry of Health and Child Care is set to improve customer care services in hospitals and rural clinics by making sure that patients are attended to promptly from admission until they leave. The ministry has urged communities to participate in rebuilding of hospitals so as to improve the quality of health service delivery.

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