Characteristics | Hospital A | Hospital B | Hospital C | Hospital D | Hospital E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Teaching/ tertiary level | District | Regional | Regional | Regional | |
Localization in Dakar (capital city) | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
No. of maternity beds | 120 | 66 | 54 | 86 | 33 |
No. of doctors covering maternity | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
No. of midwives | 41 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 5 |
No. of deliveries (2004) | 6345 | 7426 | 2959 | 4378 | 648 |
Availability of basic servicesa | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Availability of basic emergency obstetric servicesb | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Availability of caesarean sectionsc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Availability of safe bloodc | No | No | No | No | No |
Availability of adult intensive care unit | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Number of maternal deaths (2004)d | 53 | 44 | 31 | 60 | 37 |
Overall rate of maternal lethality/1000e | 8.3 | 5.9 | 10.5 | 13.7 | 57.1 |