Maternity-Ward – Matany Hospital

Maternal – child health is one of the quality indicators in Matany Hospital. Fortunately, the reproductive health indicators in Karamoja region having been improving over the years due to the efforts from government and implementing partners. Ministry of health recommends that a pregnant woman should have at least 8 antenatal visits during her pregnancy.

Antenatal and Postnatal indicators

Maternity ward admission – (Deliveries and neonatal outcomes)

A section in the maternity ward is designated for the treatment and care of gynaecological cases. The common gynaecology cases for admission include; abortions, ectopic pregnancies, tubo–ovarian masses, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, fibroids and malignancies.

Cases of birth related injuries are occasionally hospitalised with most of them being mothers who delivered in villages or referred from lower-level health units within Napak District or from neighbouring districts.

The Hospital has two obstetrician/gynaecologists to guarantee specialised care for mothers so as to minimise maternal deaths. The specialists play a role in bedside teaching and mentorship of the midwifery trainees, midwives, intern doctors and medical doctors.

The high caesarean section rate (28.4%) in the Hospital is due to referrals from other health facilities. The Graph shows a comparative analysis of the provenance of mothers who underwent caesarean section over the last five years. 77% of the mothers who underwent C/Section were from Bokora HSD/Napak district while the remaining proportion was from Kotido (7%) Moroto (5%), Katakwi (3%), Nakapiripirit (1%) and others (7%). Kotido district remains a major contributor of caesarean section referrals from outside Napak district.