Participants during the district level workshop on Surakshit Matritva Aawasan held at Conference Hall, District Hospital Zunheboto on December 9. (Photo Courtesy: CMO office Zunheboto)
                          
                  
Zunheboto, December 9 (MExN): District Health Society (DHS), Zunheboto organised the district level workshop on Surakshit Matritva Aawasan-SUMAN at Conference Hall, District Hospital on December 9.
Dr M Nukshisangla Jamir, DPO (RCH/UIP) presented a powerpoint on SUMAN, where she spoke on the vision, goal, beneficiaries, objectives, attributes of a SUMAN complaint facility, beneficiaries of the scheme, broad pillars of the initiative, SUMAN service guarantee packages, entitlements under the scheme, notification of facilities under SUMAN, quality assurance under SUMAN, grievance redressal, maternal death reporting under SUMAN, community engagement under SUMAN.
Dr Lanuchuba, Medical Superintendent, DH, Zunheboto gave powerpoint presentation on District Hospital Maternal and New-born Health indicators based on HMIS data for the last three years (ANC registration, four ANC, 1st Trimester registration, 180 IFA in ANC, Institutional deliveries, LSCS rate, ANC's in preterm labor, SNSU/NBSU status-Admissions, Death rate, facility and community follow up, Maternal and Child death review status- No of deaths and number of reviews, JSY/JSSK Status and still Birth rate status.
Tokuli Wotsa, DPM (QA) gave a presentation on facility assessment checklist. She shared on prevention of hospital associated infections, hand hygiene, use of personal protection, environment control of patient care area to ensure infection prevention, segregation, collection, treatment and disposal of biomedical and hazardous waste. She also updated of Laqshya programme, certification status, bottlenecks pertaining to specific check points, action points, Laqshya monthly indicators.
During the workshop, short speeches were delivered by Dr K Akaho Sema, Chief Medical Officer, Member Secretary and Convenor, Zunheboto. It was attended by the members of District Level SUMAN committee.
This was stated in a press release issued by Shekho Sophie, District Media Officer, CMO office Zunheboto.