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Incentive for institutional delivery

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Press Trust of India Koraput (Odisha)
In a bid to encourage institutional delivery, the Koraput district administration has decided to arrange Rs 1,500 as cash reward to any person who brings a pregnant woman to the hospital at the time of her delivery.

The officials believe that the monetary reward will increase institutional delivery and play a major role in bringing down the maternal mortality rate (MMR).

"People often waste a lot of time in deciding whether to shift women in labour to hospital, thus endangering their lives as well as those of the still-born. Many a times patients are brought to the hospital in critical situation at the last moment," said Koraput Collector Jaya Kumar V.

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First Published: Jun 22 2016 | 12:28 PM IST

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