Government to form labour room guidelines to reduce Maternal Mortality Rates
by The Daily Eye Team June 2 2015, 5:49 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 20 secsNEW DELHI: Government is forming guidelines for labour rooms in hospitals as part of its efforts to reduce the maternal mortality rate (MMR) and infant mortality rate (IMR) in the country. A recent review by Union Health Ministry officials have observed that "infrastructure of labour rooms and quality of service delivery requires improvement" in government facilities, said a senior Health Ministry official.