Kitui Deploys Portable Ultrasound Devices to Save Lives
Christine Sammy shows how a portable ultrasound device works. Our Writer Kitui County has deployed 63 portable ultrasound devices to rural villages to assist pregnant mothers and reduce maternal deaths. The devices, which have been in use for the last one year, are being rolled out under the Point of Care Ultrasound Services (Pocus) initiative, which has proved instrumental in curbing maternal deaths in the county. The life-saving initiative is part of the health innovations being showcased by the county at the ongoing 9th Devolution Conference in Homa Bay County . While demonstrating how the gadgets work yesterday, Christine Sammy, a senior nurse who is the county coordinator for reproductive health stated that ultrasound services are key for all pregnant mothers to know the status of the foetus at early stages. She said the portable ultrasound devices had come in handy for mothers in hard-to-reach areas of the vast county with difficult terrain. "We have seen significa...