Cyclone Sitrang: Doctors deliver 7 babies amid power outage in Mongla Upazila Health Complex

Doctors delivered seven babies amid power outage during cyclone Sitrang at Mongla Upazila Health Complex Monday (25 October).

The healthcare providers toiled away during the cyclonic storm as they worked with limited resources such as charger light, mobile torch and candle light to facilitate the deliveries. 

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) announced the birth of the babies through a Facebook post.

DGHS Upazila Health and Family Planning Officer Dr Shahin Hossen highlighted the events of that night saying eight pregnant women from remote villages were admitted to the Upazila Health Complex as the cyclone hit the country on Monday.

Photo: DGHS

"There was no electricity since morning. Medical officers, senior staff nurses, midwives, midwives, ward boys, cleaners worked with charger lights, mobile torches and candlelight. There was no place to keep patients in the ward. Patients had to be admitted with extra beds," she added. 

"With the sincere efforts of our team at Mongla Upazila Health Complex, the delivery of 7 mothers was successfully completed. Despite many efforts throughout the night on Monday, one could deliver. Finally in the early morning, she was referred to Khulna Medical College Hospital. The remaining 7 mothers and children are healthy and well," she further said.

DGHS workers were not afraid of cyclone Sitrang, Dr Shahin Hossen remarked, lauding their dutifulness.