Husbands Asked To Support Their Pregnant Spouses

Madam Salamatu Ibrahim, Nkoranza South District Director of Health Services, called on husbands to ensure medical care for their pregnant spouses. She advised pregnant women to attend ante-natal and post-natal after they have given birth, to prevent them and their babies from diseases. Madam Ibrahim was addressing more than 40 Mother and Child Support Advocates, at a forum at Nkoranza, to discuss problems that pregnant women. She said: �If husbands show compassion for their pregnant wives by accompanying them to the clinics, the wives would appreciate it and contribute to the development of marriage�. Madam Ibrahim advised pregnant women to attend hospital instead of relying on herbal medicine alone, to avoid complications.