AP: Health officials to ensure safe delivery of 120 pregnant women in flood-hit areas
2 years, 5 months ago

AP: Health officials to ensure safe delivery of 120 pregnant women in flood-hit areas

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: As Godavari is rising alarmingly, inundating several villages along its course, the state health authorities have identified nearly 120 women in an advanced stage of pregnancy. The health authorities were already in touch with pregnant women to provide them with regular health care and counseling and help them have delivery at government health centres, as part of efforts to promote institutional delivery in a big way. However, as Godavari river witnesses heavy floods, the health authorities issued fresh directions to officials to reach out to the pregnant women to shift them to safety. Health director Dr Swarajya Lakshmi said, “We have identified nearly 120 pregnant women in advanced stages of pregnancy in Godavari flood- affected areas. We are taking all care to shift them to nearby health centres to ensure safe delivery.” The health authorities were also taking steps to contain the spread of waterborne diseases like diarrhoea and gastroenteritis as the people tend to consume contaminated water during the floods.

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North Andhra ministers ask officials to be vigilant during rains
5 months ago

North Andhra ministers ask officials to be vigilant during rains

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Home minister Vangalapudi Anitha, who also holds the disaster management portfolio, held a teleconference with collectors of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Alluri Sitarama Raju districts in view of the incessant rains. Other north Andhra ministers Kinjarapu Atchannaidu and Gummidi Sandhyarani also got in touch with officials to know about the situation in the north Andhra region following the heavy rains. …

Baby on Boat! Celebrations begin after Assam mother delivers newborn on moving craft amid floods I VIDEO
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Baby on Boat! Celebrations begin after Assam mother delivers newborn on moving craft amid floods I VIDEO

India TV News  

A blue tarp shielded a mother and her newborn daughter from the relentless rain during their boat voyage. Image Source : AP Jahanara Khatoon, who is at full-term pregnancy, lies in pain with onset of labour as health officers hold a tarpaulin to give her cover, over the River Brahmaputra Image Source : APA member of a medical team holds …

T.N. Rains | Pregnant woman, airlifted from flood-hit Thoothukudi, delivers baby boy in Madurai
1 year ago

T.N. Rains | Pregnant woman, airlifted from flood-hit Thoothukudi, delivers baby boy in Madurai

The Hindu  

A pregnant woman who was airlifted from flood-hit Srivaikuntam in Thoothukudi, delivered a baby at the Government Rajaji Hospital early on Wednesday, December 20, 2023. A doctor said that Anushiya’s delivery date was December 25, and she had not suffered any labour pain during the transit. While at the hospital however, she experienced pains at midnight on Tuesday and delivered …

Flood-hit People Vulnerable to Waterborne Diseases
1 year, 4 months ago

Flood-hit People Vulnerable to Waterborne Diseases

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: With heavy rainfall and floods in Godavari and Krishna rivers in recent days, the inhabitants of several low-lying areas in eight districts are vulnerable to water-borne diseases like gastroenteritis, typhoid, hepatitis-B etc due to lack of access to safe potable water. Health experts say that with floodwater inundating the low-lying areas mainly in agency areas like Kukkunuru and Velerupadu …

Pregnant woman on way to hospital gives birth on boat in Gujarat's Amreli
1 year, 8 months ago

Pregnant woman on way to hospital gives birth on boat in Gujarat's Amreli

India Today  

A woman gave birth on a boat while being taken to a hospital by an ambulance crew via sea route in Gujarat’s Amreli. The ambulance crew received a phone call to transport two pregnant women to the hospital in Port Pipavav, Rajula. In case of a medical emergency, patients are transported to the hospital by boat to the Pipavav Port …

Photos: Flood-hit Pakistan now fights waterborne diseases
2 years, 3 months ago

Photos: Flood-hit Pakistan now fights waterborne diseases

Al Jazeera  

Pakistani health officials have reported an outbreak of waterborne diseases in areas hit by recent record-breaking floods, as authorities step up efforts to ensure the provision of clean drinking water to hundreds of thousands of people who lost their homes in the disaster. The latest development comes a day after the government and the World Health Organization raised concerns over …

AP faces big challenge to provide healthcare to flood-hit people
2 years, 5 months ago

AP faces big challenge to provide healthcare to flood-hit people

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: With floodwater levels receding in River Godavari, Andhra Pradesh faces a big challenge to reach healthcare to the flood-affected villages, where people are vulnerable to waterborne and viral diseases. The health department in coordination with public health, rural water supply, panchayat raj and other departments would ensure sanitation, supply of potable water etc in the flood-affected areas. AP health …

UP: One-armed Tractor Driver Helps Pregnant Women Reach Hospital for Delivery Amid Flood
3 years, 1 month ago

UP: One-armed Tractor Driver Helps Pregnant Women Reach Hospital for Delivery Amid Flood

News 18  

A 38-year-old driver, who had lost one of his arms in an accident, came to the help of three pregnant women who were living in a low-lying village surrounded by flood waters here, as he safely drove them to hospital in a tractor-trolley for childbirth. Kunia village on the banks of Ramganga river under Mirzapur police station area has been …

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