2020News

Maternal mortality declines from 59 to 28% at the leading maternity hospital

Attending physicians at the La Altagracia Maternity, a university hospital, saw 94,637 patients in 2019. The Hospital Universitario Maternidad Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia (HUMNSA) reports that from maternal deaths declined from 29 in 2015 to 12 in 2019. Neonatal deaths are now 18 per 1,000 live births, down from 30 per 1,000 births in 2015.

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Diario Libre

5 March 2020