Midwifery training centre to be set up at Jalpaiguri Medical College

Jalpaiguri: Understanding the importance of proper midwifery training, Jalpaiguri Medical College has taken the initiative to establish a midwifery training centre , the second in the state after Nil Ratan Sarkar Medical College (NRS Hospital).

These training facilities are currently located at NRS. However, a second training centre has been proposed to be established at Jalpaiguri Medical College premises. A two-person UNICEF team inspected various areas of the campus along the Mother and Child Hub on Tuesday to make sure the infrastructure was prepared before the centre's official launch, reports the Daily.  

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Compared to other hospitals and health facilities in the Jalpaiguri district, Jalpaiguri Medical College Hospital alone undertakes an average of 17 to 25 normal deliveries every day. Often the gynaecologists conduct these deliveries assisted by nurses. The opening of the midwifery training centre seeks to equip B.Sc. nursing graduates with the skills necessary to manage routine deliveries. Thus, it will reduce the pressure of normal deliveries on gynaecologists and they will have more time to concentrate on challenging and more critical cases of childbirth.

As UNICEF representatives, Doctors Vinita and Suman have already visited the Nursing Training School, SNCU, and the Mother and Child Hub of the Medical College. The objective of establishing the training centers is to select nurses from various hospitals and health centres who have earned a B.Sc. in nursing and provide them with an additional 1.5 years of training to improve their knowledge of standard delivery methods. 

Kalyan Khan, the MSVP of Jalpaiguri Medical College Hospital, informed Millennium Post, “Currently, normal deliveries are handled by gynaecologists, with the support of nurses. If nurses who have completed their B.Sc nursing can handle normal deliveries, gynaecologists can devote more attention to complex cases. In essence, these nurses will serve as substitutes for gynaecologists in normal delivery cases. An official directive has been issued in accordance with the guidelines provided by ‘WHO’ on this matter."