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Health Care: New Cadre Of 4k Midwives In Raj To Reduce Maternal, Infant Deaths | Jaipur News
Jaipur: The health department will create a new cadre of Nurse Practitioners in Midwifery (NPM) who will be more skilled, knowledgeable and capable of providing compassionate women-centred, reproductive, maternal and newborn health care services in government hospitals.
In this regard, a meeting was held under the National Health Mission on Thursday in the state.
“Two centres in Jaipur and Udaipur will provide training and educating the candidates in the state in midwifery. We are targeting to start the six-month course in midwifery from November 15,” said Shashikant Sharma, registrar, Rajasthan Nursing Council (RNC).
The department is targeting to prepare a fleet of 4,400 Nurse Practitioners in Midwifery in the coming months.
“These experts in midwifery will help the doctors in the labour room in their work.. These NPMs will be specialised in their job of midwifery as after completing the course they will have to pass an examination before getting certification from Rajasthan Nursing Council,” said registrar Sharma.
Since NPMs will be equipped with the requisite knowledge and competencies, they will be able to deliver healthcare services in labour rooms even more effectively.
A health official said that the initiative of creating a new cadre will ensure access to skilled care in government hospitals. It is aimed at reducing maternal deaths and infant mortality. The NPM will be responsible for promotion of women’s health, with special focus on women during their childbearing years and their newborns.
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In this regard, a meeting was held under the National Health Mission on Thursday in the state.
“Two centres in Jaipur and Udaipur will provide training and educating the candidates in the state in midwifery. We are targeting to start the six-month course in midwifery from November 15,” said Shashikant Sharma, registrar, Rajasthan Nursing Council (RNC).
The department is targeting to prepare a fleet of 4,400 Nurse Practitioners in Midwifery in the coming months.
“These experts in midwifery will help the doctors in the labour room in their work.. These NPMs will be specialised in their job of midwifery as after completing the course they will have to pass an examination before getting certification from Rajasthan Nursing Council,” said registrar Sharma.
Since NPMs will be equipped with the requisite knowledge and competencies, they will be able to deliver healthcare services in labour rooms even more effectively.
A health official said that the initiative of creating a new cadre will ensure access to skilled care in government hospitals. It is aimed at reducing maternal deaths and infant mortality. The NPM will be responsible for promotion of women’s health, with special focus on women during their childbearing years and their newborns.
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