Ministry of Health Launches Pregnancy...
Added On : 9th July 2010
Ministry of Health Launches Pregnancy Health Record SystemJEDDAH - Ministry of Health recently launched a project which aims to maintain the health records of all pregnant women and their children starting from the time the woman first receives pre-natal care and ending when the baby is five years old.
The project is part of a program aimed at safeguarding the overall health of the family.
We register all the basic health data of the pregnant women and of their babies after birth in order to be able to provide them with the best health services possible. The data is provided either by governmental or private hospitals, said Dr. Jamman Al-Ghamdi, assistant undersecretary of therapeutic medicine at the Ministry of Health.
He added that these health records will play an important role in decreasing birth-related fatalities and illness in both mothers and babies and that they will also lead to the early detection of any disabilities and other medical conditions that infants may have.
One of the main targets of this project is to increase the communication and relationship between health providers and beneficiaries in addition to upgrading the level of health services for expectant mothers in the Kingdom, Al-Ghamdi said. - SG
Naif Masrahi - Saudi Gazette
