HEALTH | Medical forum highlights obstetric training

The 24th session of Macau’s Sino-Luso International Medical Forum will feature workshops and lectures on multi-professional in practical obstetric training this upcoming Sunday and Monday.
According to a press release issued by the organizers, a set of courses and workshops, known as the PROMPT program, have been running with  high success rates in many other countries such as the USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. “It is a wonderful opportunity to have such a high quality team of facilitators assist us in this process and ultimately to prevent harm and improve clinical outcomes. PROMPT is a great training program that we are here to support and implement in Macau. The benefits of the PROMPT model are to reduce harm to both mothers and babies,” said the Sino-Luso’s president, Manson Fok.
Developed in the United Kingdom in early 2008 by Obstetrician Tim Draycott, the program was introduced in Macau for the ninth session of the 2012 Sino-Luso forum.
The forum’s organizers are working together to improve awareness of maternal health issues and facilitate the distribution of obstetrics emergency training as widely as possible. All participating medical professionals will be trained in real-life scenarios with some of the latest and most realistic birthing simulators in the field.
“We all know that the proper training of our local doctors and nurses will reduce the possibility of tragic deaths to mothers. For instance, primary postpartum hemorrhaging and breech births are causes of maternal mortality and they are highly preventable through skilled care. We hope that we can contribute what we can in the important area of women’s health in Macau,” Manson Fok said.