The Municipal Hospital 'Armando Enrique Cardoso' in Guáimaro changes its image, revitalizes spaces and gains in quality with the aim of fostering patients and relatives a comforting stay in the institution open to everybody always with the aim to heal afflictions, relieve ailments and ratify how important is the care and protection of others.
On this site the hand of man has become reality a cherished dream and the determination of nurses and health specialists enable that expectant mothers feel safe and well cared for in their stage of gestation, during delivery and later, in the development and growth of the most precious treasures: the expected child.
A new place destined to consultations of Gynecology shimmers today in the building, there, the specialists Raul Cisneros Vázquez and Orestes Perez Rivero, periodically review pregnant women and dialogue with them about how to achieve a safe motherhood.
10 nurses of obstetrics, doctors from primary health care Yudit Cueva Rivero, Armando Perez and Elida Area are also joined to the human labor, all very well trained, ready to share advice many of them related to warning signs that indicate the need for additional care of the mother.
In the guardroom of Gynecology, every woman who attends the consultation finds the room where the evolution of pregnancy is monitored, ultrasounds are performed, blood pressure of the pregnant woman is checked, eating habits are oriented, medications are prescribed to prevent anemia, the mothers’ weight is controlled and child growth in the womb is measured.
The talks that prepare the mother for childbirth, newborn care and the need to prioritize breastfeeding are also taught in the room.
Very close to the rooms where pregnant are admitted before the happy childbirth you find the operating room all remodeled and the room where curettage are performed. When walking down the aisle the ample space for neonatology services is also found, right in front of it, the Department of Pediatrics stands still in building works but it is already showing results that support the effectiveness of the labors.
23 beds with mattresses stand out in the broad places where expectant mothers receive careful attention before, during and after childbirth. It is noteworthy that the easternmost region of Camagüey, does not have maternal deaths for 13 consecutive years, an irrefutable proof that despite the services from family planning, results a challenge of major proportions, the Cuban state and its health system have managed to assume it with responsibilities and the most importantly, with an unparalleled dose of love.