Assessment of medical equipment in the maternity unit at a district hospital of the greater Tubatse sub-district

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2014-02-11

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Phala, Makeku Stella

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Mecklenburg Hospital provides a comprehensive package of promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative reproductive health services for women which are not available in primary health care clinics and community health centres. These services require special equipment (such as cardiotochograph machine) and personnel (such as medical doctors) that are not available in these health facilities. The availability of medical equipment is one of the crucial components of effective maternal health services. Specific life saving medical equipment must be available for routine and emergency management of maternal and neonatal complications. This study is undertaken since no formal study has been done to systematically study the availability and related cost of medical equipment in a district Hospital maternity ward.

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A research report submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Public Health in the field of Hospital Management, Johannesburg, 2011

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