{"id":26222,"date":"2025-02-08T21:52:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T21:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26222"},"modified":"2025-02-08T21:52:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T21:52:20","slug":"first-maternal-waiting-home-commissioned-in-region-one-to-enhance-healthcare-for-expectant-mothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/first-maternal-waiting-home-commissioned-in-region-one-to-enhance-healthcare-for-expectant-mothers\/","title":{"rendered":"First Maternal Waiting Home Commissioned in Region One to Enhance Healthcare for Expectant Mothers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Celestine Chacon<\/em> | January 8, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a significant move to improve healthcare services for expectant mothers in remote communities, the first-ever Maternal Waiting Home has been commissioned in Mabaruma, Region One. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The $46 million facility is designed to provide a safe and comfortable environment for high-risk mothers and first-time expectant women who require additional care while awaiting delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ribbon-cutting ceremony, attended by Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony and regional officials, marked the completion of the vital healthcare addition to the region&#8217;s infrastructure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Anthony commended all those involved in the development of the waiting home and stressed the importance of ensuring that patients feel comfortable when utilizing the facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Maternal Waiting Home aims to support the Ministry of Health\u2019s goal of achieving zero maternal deaths. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regional Health Officer Dr. Steven Cheefoon highlighted that the home will bring mothers from remote, riverine areas to the facility at 34 weeks of pregnancy, ensuring that they deliver in a safe hospital environment, as recommended by international standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 46-million-dollar facility includes 12 beds, a kitchen and dining area, washroom facilities, an on-call room, and a delivery room, enhancing the maternal care options available to the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Celestine Chacon | January 8, 2025 In a significant move to improve healthcare services for expectant mothers in remote communities, the first-ever Maternal Waiting Home has been commissioned in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21210,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26222"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26223,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26222\/revisions\/26223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}