Award for best practices in surgery

Tirupati: The services of government maternity hospital in Tirupati did not go in vein as it won the state government award for ‘Best practices in surgery’ which was given away by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu at a function held in Visakhapatnam on Thursday to the hospital superintendent Dr V Bhavani.

The maternity hospital has been doing excellent work which was evident from the fact that it gets about 400-500 out-patients on any given day. Patients from every nook and corner of the district and even from neighbouring districts too visit the hospital. Every day, about 40-50 deliveries take place in the hospital out of which about 15 would be caesarean operations.

The doctors here would never perform caesarean operation unless it was necessary. “We are implementing best practices through which the women, who have continuous bleeding after delivery will get special care so that their condition will not become serious. We have presented it in a conference and suggested that it can be adopted universally,” said Dr Bhavani.

Expressing happiness over getting top spot in ‘Best practices in surgery’, she told The Hans India that they have been extending best possible services to the pregnant women and to those with gynaec problems with the available doctors and other staff. Maternal mortality rates are very less in the hospital.

As they moved into the spacious new building of Institute of Pregnant Women, she said that the new facility has been used for out-patients, deliveries, surgeries and other labour services while the services of gynaecology and family planning have been continuing at the old hospital.

However, it was learnt that, the IPW building has four floors extending into two blocks. The hospital was in dire need of security immediately. Installation of CCTV cameras has to be given top most priority to monitor day-to-day activities as number of deliveries have been taking place.

In the same breath, the present hospital was 300-bedded against the old maternity hospital, which was having around 170 beds only. In view of the increasing number of outpatients and inpatients, deliveries and surgeries, it was felt that at least another three units of doctors are required immediately at the new facility.

As there are 12 operation theatres at the IPW building, all of them have to be equipped with the required infrastructure which was pending since it was handed over to the maternity hospital about a year ago. Superintendent Dr Bhavani, however, said, four theatres were having full equipment and 200 cots and mattress were also in place.

“We have sent the requirement for equipment to other eight theatres and it was under process. For other furniture also, tenders have been called for and will be processed as per schedule,” she said.