Over one thousand,four hundred and thirty four (1,434) women have been successfully delivered of their babies at the various Primary Healthcare Centres and MHC under the Kebbi State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency (KECHEMA).
The Officers In Charge (OIC) of the PHCs where the women were delivered of the babies told newsmen that many of them were delivered through labour and others through CS while on referral to Sir Yahaya Memorial Specialist Hospital, Federal Medical Centre in Birnin Kebbi and other general hospitals in the state.
The in charge one of the PHCs in Maiyama Local Government Area, Mary Luka said the facility takes delivery of over five babies in a week and over 260 in 2024. "We have made tremendous progress under the kechema program. Many of the pregnant women are delivered of their babies here free of charge.
"We referred some of them to FMC or Sir Yahaya hospitals in Birnin Kebbi and they are delivered of their babies without any case of prenatal or postnatal death", she said.
At the primary healthcare centers in Andarai, Koko, Saminaka, Gironmansa, Shanga and Yauri, over 600 babies were said to have been delivered this year without any change or death. According to Hajiya Amina Muhammad, the in charge of Yauri PHC, 56 babies were delivered at the facility within the year.
Hajiya Rabi, the in charge of PHC Tondi Gada in Yauri also said " over 1,000 people with different ailments had been treated in the facility within 4 months. "Over 68 women also delivered here and we referred 15 of them to higher hospitals and they returned successfully".
Also at Zamare PHC, Yauri, the in charge, Ismail Muhammed said over 270 deliveries were made in 2024 under the kechema program. "We treated and delivered the pregnant women of their babies free of charge under the kechema program without any complications", he said.
At the primary healthcare centers of Marafa in Fakai, Zuru, Dabai, Mahuta and Alumbelu all in Zuru Emirate, the in charges said they had made deliveries of 1,000, 170 babies within the year. Others also recorded 85 babies delivery within a month respectively. The in charges, Isah Musa, Garba Sarinkinpawa, Danjuma Aiki and Bamaiyi Dan Bauchi told newsmen.
The Principal Medical Officer (PMO) General Hospital Bagudo, Dr Rabiu Bashir, in charge MCH Bagudo, Hauwawu Shehu, Kaoje General Hospital,Dr Kola Onarinde and in charge, Kaliel PHC, Lawali Muhammed said deliveries made at Bagudo facilities under the kechema/ UNICEF/GAVI health program included 25 at the MCH, Bagudo, 4 at the General Hospital, 3 at the Kaoje General Hospital and 45 at Kaliel PHC.
Some of the beneficiary women who were delivered successfully at the various facilities, Naimuna Rabiu, Jabo Rabi,Mariya Yakubu and Aisha Ahmadu while narrating their experiences with newsmen expressed their joy and commended Kechema for the support and assistance rendered to them and their families. According to Aisha, one of the women who delivered at the Bagudo facilities, she said "If I'm to estimate how much my husband would have paid at the hospital for all the treatments given to me by kechema, its a huge sum of money and we can't afford that. We will continue to pray for those behind this program, may Allah reward them abundantly".
In her own testimony, Jabo said she delivered her baby through CS at the higher hospital where she was referred to. "I really thank kechema and Allah for making me go through the surgical operation and treatment successfully. They didn't charge us anything. We are happy", she said.
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