Six maternal deaths since March 2020All delivery mothers on maternity ward confirmed COVID-positive<\/p>\n
NASSAU, BAHAMAS As he underscored the challenges of pregnant women throughout the COVID-10 pandemic, former Health Minister Dr Duane Sands said nearly 100 pregnant women contracted COVID-19 during the pandemic.<\/p>\n
While appearing as a guest on The Hitback with Nahaja Black on Monday, Sands said that on one of the major maternity wards in the country, every single delivering mother was COVID-positive.<\/p>\n
If you look at the national maternal mortality statistics, The Bahamas was doing relatively well with no more than three to four maternal deaths per year, he said.<\/p>\n
Since the start of COVID, in the public service, weve had just shy of 100 pregnant COVID-positive mothers, and in the private sector maybe 25 or so.<\/p>\n
[There have been] six maternal deaths already.<\/p>\n
Last month, Bahamas Nurses Union (BNU) President Amancha Williams confirmed that a nurse from the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) maternity ward died of COVID.<\/p>\n
At the time, Williams said: We cant say where she contracted it from, but most likely the area where she worked had an outbreak and thats the maternity ward.<\/p>\n
Sands noted yesterday that as cases continue to rise, health officials are monitoring the situation closely and urging residents to get vaccinated.<\/p>\n
We are watching hospitalizations, he said.<\/p>\n
We are watching death of older people. We are now watching death of pregnant women. We are watching death of children.<\/p>\n
Sands noted that in this third wave, there have been children who have been critically ill and in the Intensive Care Unit from COVID-19.<\/p>\n
That is how bad this is and the message is get vaccinated and understand the role you need to play in terms of social distancing, mask-wearing and sanitization.<\/p>\n
There were 121 new COVID-19 cases confirmed on Monday, taking the number of cases in the country to 15,915, with 2,546 active and 134 hospitalized.<\/p>\n
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