Namatala Health Center IV in Mbale in Mbale city uses one bed to deliver 10-12 mothers daily, handling about 200 deliveries in a month.

Ms. Beatrice Kagoye, the senior nursing officer at the health center said, “The maternity ward we are currently using was a community hall where the elders used to hold their meetings. In 2015, we partitioned it  so that we have maternal services in place,” she said on Tuesday.

“In case of emergencies, we use the family planning laboratory room, especially when expectant mothers deliver at the same time,” she added.

“We currently don’t have blood transfusion services at the health facility just because we don’t have a standby generator; therefore any emergency that calls for blood services, we refer to Mbale Regional Referral Hospital,” Ms. Kagoye said.

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