1Assistant Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine, SGRDIMSR, Amritsar
2Senior Resident, Dept. of Community Medicine, SGRDIMSR, Amritsar
3Under Graduate Student, SGRDIMSR, Amritsar
4Professor and Head of the Department, Dept of Community Medicine, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal
5Professor, Dept of Community Medicine, NSCB Medical College, Jabalpur
Maternal mortality is an important indicator of health status of women and indicates the accessibility, availability and utilization of appropriate health care and nutrition services particularly during pregnancy and childbirth. some of the Primary as well as Community health centers were upgraded to First Referral Units which were specifically equipped to handle emergency obstetric cases. Intensified efforts are being continued to strengthen these First Referral Units under reproductive child health (RCH) program extensively by addressing the needs of the patients attending FRUs.
First Referral Unit (FRU), Maternal Mortality, Health Services
