BY JOY OFASIA
NATIONAL Referral Hospital midwife nurses Doris Duddley and Emily Yangao shared their career challenges during the 2024 International Nurses Day.
Doris Duddley, a clinical nurse consultant and midwife at the National Referral Hospital’s antenatal and postnatal ward, highlighted the hospital’s inadequate infrastructure.
“Inadequate infrastructure at the place where we give care to the mothers and the babies can be challenging. As midwives, our role is to provide full antenatal and holistic care to a mother during her labor, but due to inadequate infrastructure, it is quite challenging at most times to provide full care to the mother,” she told SOLOMON WOMEN. “There have been many times we have come across shortages of drugs and consumable items, which is very challenging. Sometimes it is out of stock, and we could not meet the patients’ needs at that very moment.”
She’s now been a midwife nurse for twenty-one (21) years.
Emily Yangao, supervisor for the antenatal ward at the National Referral Hospital, said the shortage of midwife professionals remains a treat for saving lives in the antenatal and postnatal wards.
“Shortage of health workers or staff can be a significant challenge and can lead to difficulties in providing adequate services and accessing essential medical supplies and equipment,” said Yangao, who has been a midwife nurse for 22 years.
