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Karnataka has recorded a 24% simplification successful maternal deaths this twelvemonth — from January to October —compared to the corresponding play successful 2024.
While 483 maternal deaths were reported successful the archetypal 10 months of 2024, the fig has travel down to 366 successful 2025.
This follows strict monitoring and audit of each maternal decease by a State-level committee that was acceptable up successful the aftermath of the Ballari maternal deaths successful November past year, according to Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao.
Mission zero
He said to further amended the prime and information of maternal and newborn attraction crossed wellness facilities, the Health Department had launched the “Mission Zero Preventable Maternal Deaths” initiative.
As portion of this ongoing effort, the State had present issued a caller Government Order (GO) to rationalise and optimally deploy cardinal specialists — obstetricians, anaesthetists, and paediatricians — crossed Karnataka.
The determination aimed to guarantee that each taluk infirmary and well-performing assemblage wellness centre (CHC) provided circular the timepiece broad exigency obstetric and newborn attraction (CEmONC) services, Mr. Gundu Rao said.
According to the GO, each 147 taluk hospitals and 42 well-performing CHCs (those conducting 30 oregon much deliveries a month) volition beryllium strengthened arsenic CEmONC centres.
Each centre volition person 2 specialists each successful obstetrics, anaesthesia, and paediatrics, on with a radiologist and a physician. Remote areas specified arsenic M.M. Hills volition proceed arsenic afloat CEmONC facilities, fixed their hard-to-reach terrain and region from different referral centres.
Tamil Nadu model
Harsh Gupta, Principal Secretary, Health, said the rationalisation workout was based connected the Tamil Nadu model.
“The redeployment volition beryllium done done counselling. To execute equitable organisation of specialists, those presently serving successful low-performing CHCs volition beryllium redeployed to high-delivery-load facilities. The authorities volition besides mobilise 404 aesculapian officers from the existing sanctioned posts. Nurses from underperforming 24/7 superior wellness centres (PHCs) volition beryllium reassigned to fortify transportation points,” helium said, adding that Tamil Nadu had been pursuing this exemplary for 4 years.
New posts created
The Minister said 104 caller radiologist posts and 23 doc posts had been created additionally. At the territory level, 125 super-specialist posts — including cardiologists, neurologists, nephrologists, oncologists, pulmonologists, and captious attraction specialists — would beryllium created nether the Compulsory Medical Service Scheme to negociate precocious maternal and newborn complications, helium said.
He said the workout volition beryllium implemented nether Rule 15(1)(c) of the Karnataka Civil Services (Regulation of Transfer of Medical Officers and Other Staff) Rules, 2025. The inaugural is designed to beryllium budget-neutral, relying connected redeployment and transfers from existing sanctioned posts, helium added.
Pointing retired that the exemplary would travel a dynamic and performance-based approach, with quarterly reviews, the Minister said the CHCs that achieved higher transportation loads would beryllium upgraded and made eligible for further specialists.
