PopCom executive directorsaid that pregnant women could be part of the “collateral damage” in the pandemic.
He cited instances wherein some pregnant women had to be referred from one hospital to another in search of facilities where they can give birth. Some hospitals, he said, would also advise mothers to give birth in lying-in centers or lower-level hospitals.“They’re not really COVID-19 patients. COVID isn’t their problem, they need higher level of care so maybe that is what’s missing and they become collateral damage,” he said.
Perez shared that an analysis made by the University of the Philippines projected the country’s maternal deaths could increase to 1,000 this year.
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