Gauteng Health and Social Development MEC Ntombi Mekgwe will tomorrow open Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) unit at Tshwane District Hospital.
The KMC or Skin to Skin Care is a simple, effective, inexpensive and low technology on caring for premature and low birth weight babies. It can be extended to full term babies. This technique assists in achieving one of the department’s priorities, the reduction of neonatal deaths.
The benefits of KMC include the provision of warmth, the mother’s body temperature maintains and regulates the temperature and respiration of the baby, ensures weight gain and growth of head circumference, fulfils the mother with self-confidence and competence in taking care of her babies needs and bonding between mother and baby is strengthened.
Journalists are invited to attend.
Details of the opening are as follows:
Date: Thursday, 15 December 2011
Time: 09h00
Venue: Tshwane District Hospital
Enquiries:
Simon Zwane on
Cell: 082 551 9892
MEC Mekgwe to open Kangaroo Mother Care unit at Tshwane District Hospital
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