By Krishna Dangi | Communications Officer
“The rate of home delivery was high in Tokarpur. Apart from the home deliveries, women used to travel to Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, or Dhulikhel, the nearest town with modern hospitals, for the deliveries. The condition of the birthing room inside our health facility was in a sorry state and we could not provide good ANC and childbirth services. Moreover, we did not have a trained midwife in our team as well. Following the renovation of the birthing center by One Heart WorldWide, we are seeing substantial increase in the women seeking Antenatal and childbirth services at the birthing center. We are providing 12 childbirth services to local women in the next three months. Our main mission is to make sure that no women deliver at home, which we are hopeful to achieve in few years time. All the support we have received from One Heart is bringing a great change to pregnancy and childbirth here.”
Naresh M.
Incharge, Tokarpur Health Facility
“One Heart has been regularly guiding us to improve the quality of the service we are providing from the Tokarpur Health Facility. They have created a checklist for our health facility to improve the quality of the services. We will be concentrating our focus to improving those requirements so that we get good grade to be an ideal birthing center. We plant a peculiar flag at the home of pregnant mother for community awareness. Pregnant women are getting support from the health facility to maintain a balanced diet and hygiene with nutrition schemes and hygiene kits. These initiation is bringing positive change in our community.”
Lal Badan T. M.
HFOMC President, Tokarpur Health Facility
“It’s a great privilege for us to be able to deliver at the birthing center locally. The infrastructure of birthing center has improved so much better. The delivery room had new equipment and it was warm. I stayed at the postnatal room for two days. The nurses took a good care of me. I could have delivered at home if the condition of the birthing center was just like before the renovation work. If I had some problem, I could have gone to Kathmandu. I was so relieved that I could get such a good service at my own village. This saved me from the hectic of traveling as well as money that we had to spend at hospitals in Kathmandu. I am glad that I visited the birthing center during my ANC check-ups. I believe that women will feel very secure to deliver at the newly renovated Tokarpur Birthing Center.
Sushmita M.
Mother who recently delivered at the Tokarpur BC on 7th Jan 2020, giving birth to her first child
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By Krishna Dangi | Communications Officer
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