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Pregnancy

Pregnancy is counted as 40 weeks, starting from the first day of the mother’s last menstrual period.


Information regarding Antenatal Clinic

Health

Antenatal Clinic will start from 2-00 pm and will remain open up to 4-00 pm in addition to the routine OPD services as before from 9-00 am onwards at the PHC, BPHC & RH twice weekly on Monday and Friday as a value-added service.

Providing Free Diagnostic to Pregnant Women and Sick Infants

Health

All Pregnant women and Sick infants up to 1 year of age attending OPD or IPD of a Govt. Institution, are provided with free services, free drugs and consumables, free diagnostic services, free blood transfusion, free diet and free transport without their having to incur any out of pocket expenditure.

Guideline on Utilization of Pregnancy Testing Kit at Sub-center

Health

Govt. of India will directly supply PTKs to the state. The State should ensure that 5% of total stock of PTKs is kept as buffer stock and rest will be supplied to the district based on its projected requirement.

Labour Room Protocol

Health

“Labour Room Protocol” must be made available to every service provider attached to Labour Room/ Maternity ward of all MCH, DH, SDH, RH, BPHC.

Provision of Quality Services for Safe Abortion – Maternal Health Strategy

Health

Increasing access to and provision of quality service for Safe Abortion is part of Government of West Bengal’s maternal health strategy to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity in the state as unsafe abortion is still one of the leading causes of maternal mortality and morbidity.

Facility Based Maternal Care Policy Implementation Committee

Health

A High Level Task Force was constituted under the chairmanship of Dr. Tridib Banerjee towards facilitation of activities of the Department in reduction of Infant/Maternal Mortality of the state. After having made some substantial improvement in Facility Based newborn Care, it seems necessary to improve the facility based maternal care also.

SMS Reporting of Maternal, Infant Death and Institutional Delivery

Health

Like OPD tracking through SMS, tracking of Maternal, Infant death and institutional delivery through SMS has been undertaken by Dept. of Health & FW, Govt. of WB.
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