Dr Imtijungshi, DPO (RCH/UIP) with resource persons and participants.
LONGLENG, SEPTEMBER 27 (MExN): A three days district level Dakshata training for health care providers was conducted at District Hospital, Longleng from September 25 to 27.
According to a press release issued by CMO Longleng, the goals and objectives of the training is to improve the quality of maternal and newborn care and immediate post-partum period by enhancing the competencies and skills of staff working in labour rooms and developing a system of post- training follow up and mentoring, and strengthening the capacity of the facilities and the system to measure the quality of care on a regular basis.
Dr Imtijungshi, DPO (RCH/UIP), in his welcome address, spoke on the importance and aims of the training, which is to improve the quality of maternal and new born care during childbirth and after.
Resource person for the training include Dr Dennis Chingpen (SMO) OBGY and Lily Phom, Staff Nurse, District Hospital Longleng. During the training, pre and post test sessions, practice demonstration of normal delivery, new born care and new born resuscitation by skill practice using models and skills checklist, labour room managements, prevention, identification and management of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, new born infections, post partum hemorrhage (PPH), biomedical waste management, reporting and recording were imparted to the trainees.
The training also focused on improving care for mothers and newborns with an aim to reduce maternal and child mortality during child birth and to provide quality services during delivery. Duringthe3-days long training, mannequins and dummies were used to demonstrate normal delivery. The participants include staff nurses, ANM's and CHO's from health units under Longleng District.
