Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Read how the Southern Ethiopia Gwent Health Link is saving lives of mothers and babies in Ethiopia.....
Tayech Ermias is 25 years old primigravida. She lives in a remote village 5km away from Shone health centre. She knew that last year one woman near her home died in labour. The women could not get to the health center in time because of lack of transport. After many long hours in labour, by the time her family could bring her to the health center, she had already passed away.
Tayech heard about the motorbike ambulance during her antenatal check up. When she went to labour in her home around 4:00pm her family called to Eshetu, the Motorbike ambulance driver, who came within 20 minutes and brought her to the health centre. Dawit the midwife (trained by the link in October 09) helped her to give birth around 6:00pm to a 3kg healthy baby boy. She stayed at the health center for 3 hours. During this time the driver waited for her to take her back to her home. She is very happy with the whole service and was keen to come back to the health centre to tell her story when she heard that the link coordinator Metasabia was visiting Shone on this Sunday 31st January10.
Source:
Aneurin Bevan Health Board