The health department would organise 'Motherhood Week' in this district from January 27 in order to ensure that pregnant women and their child are healthy and well nourished.
Around 17,500 women in 10 blocks of the rural areas here, who have been identified beforehand, would be checked on specific dates during this period, District Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma and Chief Medical Officer Dr R P Yadav said.
The pregnant women would be examined for haemoglobin, protein in urine, blood pressure etc by Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs) on the basis of which 'High-risk Pregnant Mothers' would be identified, they said.
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Those identified as 'High-risk Pregnant Mother' would be transferred to the community health centres in the blocks on February 5 where they would be examined by specialist doctors, the DM and CMO said.
To make 'Motherhood Week' a success, a team of five medical officers would be deputed in every block of the district and a control room would also be set up, Sharma said.
