Although pregnant women are at no greater risk of being infected by Covid-19 than non-pregnant women, a pregnant woman and her infant are more likely to develop complications from Covid-19, states Western Cape Government Health.
Although pregnant women are at no greater risk of being infected by Covid-19 than non-pregnant women, a pregnant woman and her infant are more likely to develop complications from Covid-19, states Western Cape Government Health.
The Mowbray Maternity Hospital officially launched its vaccination site for pregnant and lactating women. Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo, hospital staff and expectant and breastfeeding mothers, who shared their personal accounts, attended the launch.
The Western Cape government has lost a case in which a mother had sued for damages in a medical negligence case involving her child who was born at the Mowbray Maternity Hospital in Cape Town in 2006 with cerebral palsy.