Maternity Services

The Maternity services team at Al Rasheed Hospital is committed to providing safe, high-quality, accessible and equitable care to women and their families. This commitment is to both high-quality midwife-led services in low-risk cases and excellence in maternal and fetal medicine for women with known risk factors at booking, or those who develop complications in pregnancy. We encourage women to access maternity services as early as possible in pregnancy.

Conditions treated

We offer services which suit all pregnant women and their families. AL Rasheed Hospital Midwifery services work side by side to ensure all women and unborn babies receive a rapid and seamless transition to senior medical or midwifery care.

Patient support services

Each pregnant woman is assigned a midwife throughout her pregnancy.

Patient Aftercare

Our post Maternity Care covers all the main issues you may need to know about after the birth of your baby. After the birth of baby,each patient will be encouraged to go home soon if mother and baby are well and you have no complications. If you are not going straight home from the labour ward or birth centre, mother and baby will be cared for in one of the following areas:

Postnatal wards

Most women and their babies are admitted to the postnatal wards. Women who have had a straightforward birth and whose babies are well can expect to stay between six and 24 hours. If you have had a caesarean section your stay in hospital will be a bit longer (usually between 24 and 48 hours).

Transitional care

This is for babies who require extra care but are well enough not to be admitted to the neonatal unit. Care is provided for mothers and babies together by our staff.

Neonatal unit

Some babies (approximately one in ten) require care in the neonatal unit after birth. Often parents are aware of this before birth, however sometimes it can be unexpected. Babies admitted to the neonatal unit are cared for by a team of highly specialized neonatal doctors and nurses.

Vitamin K

We all require Vitamin K so that we won’t bleed too easily. Babies are born with small amounts of vitamin K compared to adults and older children. We recommend that babies receive a dose of Vitamin K, so you will be offered this. There are two ways of giving vitamin K: by intramuscular injection or orally.

Screening

Your baby will be offered a series of routine health checks in the first few weeks of life, including:

· Newborn examination

· Hearing test

· Blood spot screening

Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding gives your baby the best possible start in life. Almost all women can breastfeed successfully. It can sometimes be hard work to begin with but for many it is a wonderful and enjoyable experience. The staff at Al Rasheed Hospital have been trained to help in these area

Clinic Facilities

• Daily general antenatal clinics

• Special high risk clinics running weekly to cater to highly complicated pregnancies.

• Specialists' clinic (Pvt OPD) available daily morning and evening.

• Daily Clinics attending to gynaecological problems.

• Weekly HRT Clinics to focus on problems of post menopausal women.

• Two free clinics every week for the poor patients.

• Round the clock emergency services to attend to any obstetric or gynaecological emergency.

Labour and Delivery

• Well Staffed and fully equipped labour room with facilities of electonic fetal heart monitoring during labour.

• Facility of painless delivery using epidural analgesia.

• Excellent neonatal care back up with fully equipped neonatal intensive care unit.

Gynaec. Surgery Facilities

• Fully equipped operation theatres.

• All major and minor gynaecological surgeries.

• Laparoscopic and hysteroscopy gynaecological surgeries.

• Excellent post op care and ICU back up.

• 24hrs supporting blood bank facility with availability of blood and blood components.