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Source: Kazakhstan’s Caspio Net
Both maternal and infant mortality rates have declined in Kazakhstan. Medical doctors noted that this is promoted by state-of-the-art equipment and modern techniques in the field of maternal and child health. The maternity hospital #3 in Astana applies advanced technologies including partner childbirth.
Aliya Tussupbayeva:
– When giving birth you feel better if your significant other is next is to you rather than doing it alone. And it’s great that your husband sees his child right after he’s born.
Tottinbet Tussupbayev, Aliya’s Husband:
– I’m quite shocked and I still haven’t realized that I’m a father now.
Every mother has a separate ward where they stay with their children until they are discharged from the hospital. The delivery process takes place here as well.
Zaituna Khamidullina, Deputy Clinical Director, Maternity Hospital #3:
– We use not only birth balls but also practice water births. We have rooms with birth pools where women give birth. It is also very important for women in labour to feel comfortable. We provide all the necessary conditions for it.
The maternity hospital has not seen a single case of mother or child death over one and a half years of its operation. 6.956 children were born here last year and 30 to 40 babies are delivered here every day. Newborns with a low birth weight are nursed in special care baby units. Medical doctors can also advance their skills at training centres opening as part of maternity hospitals.
Magripa Yembergenova, Head, Maternal and Infant Health Department, Kazakhstan Health Ministry:
– They practise neonatal resuscitation skills in case of acute heart failure, respiratory failure, asphyxiation of all kinds, and cardiac arrest. In addition, obstetricians practise helping pregnant women and women in labour during the postnatal period.
Thanks to the implementation of safe maternity principles the country saw a decline in maternal mortality by 23 percent and infant mortality by 12 percent in 2011. Air medical transportation services are also provided for rural areas. 300 flights have been carried out since last summer and more than half of them were intended for neonatal care. All the newborns were saved.