Women of Makoi and surrounding areas will no longer have to travel far for their clinic in the coming months as work on the building of a new Maternity Unit at the Bhanabhai Health Centre has started.
The Ministry of Health said the building will include 9 beds low risk Maternity Unit, Maternity Child Health Clinic Unit together with the facility of 3 delivery rooms which will be within the healthcare standards.
The Ministry said this will allow better accessibility for mothers and couples especially low income earners.
It said this will take away much of the workload from the CWM and Nausori Maternity Unit.
According to the Ministry, the government has allocated $6 million for this project which is expected to be ready by October.
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