Bungoma medics raise alarm as 30 of newborn admissions are preterm

Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi spouse Tessie through her Ushiriki Wema Initiative hand over a donation of 10 incubators to four western counties at Itando Mission Hospital in Vihiga County on Friday November during the launch of Okoa Malaika campaign as they marked the annual November 17th World Pre-Term Day. [File, Standard]

Health experts in Bungoma County have raised concern over a surge in premature births, revealing that nearly one in three babies admitted to the Bungoma County Referral Hospital (BCRH) Newborn Unit are preterm.

The concerns were voiced during the commemoration of World Prematurity Day at the hospital’s paediatric section, where medics highlighted the growing burden of caring for infants born before 37 weeks of pregnancy.