Staff Reporter

The building of mother shelters  by the Ministry of Health and Child care in conjunction with International Medical Corps (IMC) in Matebeleland North,

Nkayi which began in December last year will be ready for completion  in two weeks.

In a statement yesterday, the project manager from the IMC, Daniel Madondo said, “The project will be complete in two weeks and we are expecting to have fully furnished the mother shelters with all the necessities.”

“The Mother Shelters have up to 15-20 spacious rooms and each  is furnished with at least 4 built in lockers to accommodate 4 pregnant women at one go and comfortable maternal beds, with amazing ventilation in the rooms.” Mr Madondo said

The Government disbursed funds to for the rehabilitation of the mother shelters as they had been a crisis in Nkayi hospital maternal wards with pregnant women complaining that they had nowhere to wait in for their deliveries.

Mothers interviewed expressed relief and applauded the Government for taking the initiative to refurbish the mother shelters in Nkayi.

“We are more than grateful as there was a crisis in Nkayi Hospitals, most of us dreaded our maternal stay in the hospital as there was only one toilet and sometimes their dormitories accommodated up to eight people at a time, and we are glad that they are now  more than enough mother shelters with adequate facilities,” said one woman.

Meanwhile, Bulawayo and Tsholotsho mother shelters were also recently refurbished in line with the Government’s mantra of leaving no one and no place behind in terms of development.