A special ward for high-risk mothers has been set up in the Burma Colony Urban Primary Health Centre at Thanjavur to provide a sustained and integrated treatment.
Pregnant women identified as “high-risk mothers” will be admitted as in-patients at this five-bed special ward where all necessary investigations such as Hb, OGCT, PPBS, Urine Albumin, Urine Sugar, TSH, BT/CT, Blood Urea, Serum Creatinine, HIV, VDRL, HBsAg, HCV, Sputum AFB, ECG, Echo, and USG. Along with these tests, BP will be recorded every two hours and updated in the colour coded BP graph for continuous monitoring.
Results of all tests will be given to them on the same evening when further treatment guidelines and counselling will be provided to them, according to Corporation Health Officer V.C. Subash Gandhi.
