By Jim Grant | Executive Director
Late in 2013, we heard from our local partner, the Haitian Ministry of Health (MSPP), that they were completing the construction of a new deliver ward at the local public hospital in Les Cayes, the town closest to MN. This was excellent news, as we occasionally had to refer a laboring mother to that facility if the delivery required surgical intervention. The only problem, we were informed, was that they were unable to staff it. This was in fact the perfect opportunity for MN. For some time, we had been looking at ways to expand our patient capacity, but also needed to maintain costs. We have always worked closely with MSPP, and one of our goals has always been to strengthen the local public health system by working with them as closely as possible. As a result, we offered the services of our highly trained and experienced midwives to the public hospital, in return for salary sponsorships from MSPP.
The process is underway, and two of our midwives are already helping out in the new delivery ward, providing professional attended birthing services to a mostly new segment of the population that did not previously have ready access to them. Another double win for MN - healthy mothers and healthy babies!
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