NASHIK: The gynaecology department of Nashik civil hospital carried out over 3,000 deliveries in the first six months of this year, out of which around 48% of the babies were born between April and June — when the pandemic was at its peak.
According to the data, a total of 3,031 deliveries were carried out at the civil hospital, of which 1,463 were during the peak Covid period. With most of the government hospitals in the rural areas being converted into Covid facilities, the expecting mothers from all across Nashik either had to go to primary health centres or rural hospitals in their respective village or taluka or come all the way to the Nashik civil hospital.
Thus, despite restrictions mainly related to travel, pregnant women did manage to come to the civil hospital for deliveries. However, there was a marginal drop in the number of deliveries that were conducted between April and June.
While 1,568 deliveries were performed from January 1 to March 31, the gynaecology department conducted 1,463 deliveries from April 1 to June 30.
According to additional civil surgeon Kishor Shriwas, doctors in the gynaecology department worked overtime to carry out these deliveries despite the difficult times due to the Covid outbreak. “The pressure on Nashik civil hospital during the second wave of pandemic had increased for deliveries since most of the rural hospitals spread across the district were converted into DCHC,” he said.
“A separate arrangement was also made for expecting women who were infected with Covid-19. The doctors and nurses took all the necessary precautions to ensure that they did not get infected by the virus at the time of delivery,” Dayanand Kamble, medical officer at the Nashik civil hospital, said.
It should be noted that while maternal deliveries are performed even at the primary health centre level and rural hospital, complicated cases are referred to the Nashik civil hospital.
