Lawmakers have renewed a call to the Ministry of Health to address the escalating cases of maternal mortality in the country.
The call was made by Atkins Katusabe (FDC, Bukonjo County West) as a matter of national importance during a sitting of the House on Wednesday, 24 May 2023.
He said that the situation in Kasese District is worrying, with mothers dying while giving birth every day.
He called on the Ministry of Health to urgently conduct a maternal mortality audit in the district and intervene.
“Literally, every woman who goes to a hospital to give birth, two things happens; that the mother who went to give birth either goes back home in a casket or the child does not make it. Why should mothers continue to die in hospitals while giving birth?” he said.
Tororo District Woman Member of Parliament, Hon. Sarah Opendi questioned government’s commitment towards ending maternal mortality.
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