By Ngenwie S. A
Elizabeth Regina Mundi one of three appointed
Senators of the North West Region has reaffirmed her determination to reduce maternal
mortality in the country by donating delivery kits to the Nkwen Sub Divisional
Medicalized Centre popularly referred to as PMI Nkwen despite the upgrading.
The Senator of the Cameroon People’s
Democratic Movement CPDM made the donation of caesarean section kits,
circumcision kits, delivery kits and others August 24 as part of a project to
address the perennial problem of maternal mortality facing most health
facilities in Cameroon.
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Senator
Elizabeth Regina Mundi with PMI Nkwen staff (Photo Credit: The Focus 237)
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Despite the closeness of PMI Nkwen to her
home, Senator Regina Mundi however told the press that her decision to start
the project was because the facility is the oldest mother and child care center
in the NW region.
While visiting the different departments of
the hospital like the antenatal unit,
delivery room and post natal sections, she witnessed workers on duty, interacted
and hand gifts to pregnant women, nursing mothers and their babies, while
encouraging everyone to be keen to the instructions of health personnel.
On why the project, Senator Regina Mundi
noted “Maternal death is one of the saddest things you can think about. There
is no reason that at this age any child should grow up not knowing how the face
of his/her mother looks”.
According to her, maternal health is a right.
“We have got to understand that maternal health is a human right issue and everyone
has a right to be healthy, to have a healthy baby but that is not happening at
the level we expected”. She said
About her concern in maternal and infant
health, Senator Regina Mundi explained that it had been an age long interest
and dream to reduce birth related deads.
“I have been interested in this area for a
long time and as a senator that is one of the areas where I will one to push
for reforms. I will want to see that the government continues to increase
efforts in trying to eradicate maternal death and also to be able to sensitize
society so that the public should know their place in the reduction of maternal
deaths” she stated
“Today we are grateful to our mother who has
come to honour us not only to see what we are doing here but support what we
are doing with the vision of fighting against maternal and infant mortality, I
think that these kits that have been given to us are going to solve a big
problem” Chief Medical Officer of the hospital, Dr. Iwu David Emeka