Niger Delta
Imoke Blames Maternal Mortality On Health Workers
The Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, has expressed disgust over the impending danger of maternal mortality in the state as a result of constant patronage of quacks by pregnant mothers who abandoned government health facilities for local birth attendants.
Imoke who was speaking at the flag-off of the second round of the 2012 Maternal and Newborn Child Health Week at Ikom Local Government Headquarters, traced this unwholesome behaviour to the activities of the health providers in the State who were accused of collecting tips before rendering their services.
The Governor who was represented at the occasion by his deputy, Efiok Cobham, warned that henceforth any health provider identified as acting contrary to the aims and objectives of government would be shown the way out.
He noted that government would not tolerate a situation where pregnant women would run to the quacks because there was no money to pay for the services provided in government hospitals free of charge, stressing, “let me say this for the purpose of emphasis, that the State is doing everything possible to ensure that we have healthy babies, hence the insistence on exclusive breast feeding for babies from day one to at least, six months.
“I do hope that our health workers will continue to carryout the enlightenment campaign on exclusive breastfeeding. Let me use this opportunity to beg husbands to do everything within their reach to encourage their wives to breastfeed their babies exclusively for at least six months. Mothers, your breast will definitely sag whether you breast feed your babies or not, when the time comes for it to sag. Let us help our babies to grow and leave a healthy life Healthy life begins with exclusive breast feeding,” he added.
In her remarks at the occasion, the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. (Mrs.) Angela Oyo-Ita, said breastfeeding is important for a child because it prevents the baby from contracting diseases, pointing out that most often, our children die as a result of non preventive measures and that some of these problems are things we can use low cost intervention to handle, just as Breastfeeding is one strategy that is used to reduce child infections.
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