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More women giving birth at Bono Regional Hospital in Sunyani prefer caesarean section (CS) to normal deliveries, said Susan Tiwaa, the maternity midwife at the regional hospital.
She said women believe CS is the safest and easiest way to deliver babies.
She said that of the nine babies born on December 31, 2020 at the facility, six of them were born by CS.
Babies include five girls and four boys with a body weight of between 1.9 and 3.5 kilograms.
However, Ms Tiwaa told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that all five babies born at the facility on January 1, 2020 had had normal deliveries.
They included three girls and two boys.
Ms. Evelyn Ama Kumi-Richardson, Regional Minister for Bono, previously visited and donated Christmas parcels, including cooking oil, spices, rice, soft drinks and pastries to patients during their admission to hospital.
She also donated items to patients of SDA Hospital, Dr. Akyereko Memorial Hospital, Sunyani “A&A” Municipal Hospital and Sunyani Technical University Clinic.
Ms Kumi-Richardson explained that the packages were aimed at putting smiles on patients’ faces and also aiding their healing process.
Ms Jovial Nyarko-Ababio, supervisor of the antenatal clinic at Bono Regional Hospital, said the facility recorded three cases of maternal deaths in 2020, up from 18 cases the previous year.
She cited hypertensive disorders during pregnancy, sepsis, anemia and eclampsia among the leading causes of maternal deaths and called for more BP monitors and machines to help prevent maternal deaths.
At SDA Hospital, Ms Vera Agyeiwaa, the responsible midwife told the GNA that two boys were born at the facility between December 31, 2020 and January 1, 2021.
But, Ms Christiana Adu-Twumwaa, the midwife in charge of Sunyani Municipal Hospital, said a boy was born at the facility on January 1, 2021.
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