Devdiscourse in collaboration with BPSMV to launch ‘Mother, Not Patient!’ global campaign


Devdiscourse News Desk | Sonepat | Updated: 19-10-2019 13:31 IST | Created: 14-10-2019 23:56 IST
Devdiscourse in collaboration with BPSMV to launch ‘Mother, Not Patient!’ global campaign
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Devdiscourse, an online global media platform is slated to launch ‘Mother, Not Patient!’ a global communication campaign in collaboration with the Department of Social Work, Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya (BPSMV), Sonepat (India) on Tuesday, October 15, 2019. The campaign will be launched at the university campus.

‘Mother, Not Patient!’ campaign is being launched with the objective of addressing diverse physical and psychological troubles that women face during pregnancy and childbirth. The foremost intention of this campaign is to ensure that the doctors and hospital staff abandon addressing and treating pregnant women as patients. Instead, they should address them as ‘To Be Mothers’ or use any other similar term and work to ensure their dignity, respect, and pleasant ambience through positive communication. 

The various cultures across the planet have always worked on new methods of nurturing good thoughts during pregnancy. Undeniably, there is a global decline in the milieu of positive thinking caused by urbanization, modernization and breaking down of nuclear family-practice. In addition, the constant efforts of the medical professionals and hospitals in addressing and treating expecting mothers as ‘patients’ also adversely affect their socio-psychological behaviour. This socio-psychological pressure also adversely affects their mental well-being and compels them to surrender in the hands of greedy healthcare professionals who trap them in the web of profiteering.

The campaign, in sooth, does not only revolve around the endeavour in influencing the doctors, nurses and hospital management to stop calling ‘To Be Mothers’ as ‘patients’. It also focuses on the widely-spread profiteering mindset of healthcare professionals who hardly prefer natural delivery. This practice of healthcare professionals is leading to an alarming rise in cesarean deliveries, which is destroying the health of ‘To Be Mothers’ and future generations. There will also be a volunteer program to involve youths of various disciplines in the campaign. 

“Devdiscourse is of the very strong opinion that like many other problems in the 21st century, the negative communication is the root cause of such state of affairs. We also firmly believe that the sufferings of the ‘To Be Mothers’ could be minimized and happiness increased in their lives through positive discourse and sensitization of various stakeholders associated with maternal healthcare,” opined Mr. J.P. Singh, Editor-in-Chief, Devdiscourse and Managing Director, VisionRI Connexion Services Pvt. Ltd. “In pursuance to its commitment as a global media platform, Devdiscourse announces the launch of the campaign titled ‘Mother, Not Patient!’ to empower the ‘To Be Mothers’ socio-psychologically," added Mr Singh during the launch.

The sufferings of the ‘To Be Mothers’ cannot be jotted down in a few words. Recently, the World Health Organization published a report with more shocking facts about sufferings of pregnant women in Asia and Africa. The reports claimed that the women are often mocked, abused, tortured and even slapped in the delivery room by healthcare professionals during delivery pain. They become compelled to tolerate the cruelty and insensitive behaviour as lone sufferers due to the absence of relatives as even the husband is not allowed in the delivery room. There are several studies to suggest that the mistreatment with ‘To Be Mothers’ in delivery rooms is not confined only in developing countries but also prevalent in developed countries of Europe and America as well.

“I congratulate Devdiscourse for taking this important initiative to achieve one of the most important goals of SDGs “good health and well-being” particularly of mothers. Not ‘patient’ but ‘Mother’ is a step towards realizing the fact that women should not be treated as patients, rather ‘To Be a Mother’ who needs love, respect and care. In the present times, a lot of attention is paid on C-section deliveries without thinking about the harmful effects of it on the mother and child. The need of the hour is to make C-section only for critical situations and stop pressurizing from the humanitarian ground for a noble cause,” said Dr. Manju Panwar, Head, Department of Social Work, Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya. “The health professionals shouldn’t treat ‘To Be Mothers’ as patients but have patience while dealing with them,” added Dr. Panwar.

These inhuman practices violate the reproductive rights of women. Besides, they are also harmful to their health, reproductive health and safe motherhood. Therefore, Devdiscourse feels there is an urgent requirement of multi-level sensitization of healthcare professionals, relatives and society at large on how to behave with ‘To Be Mothers’. The campaign ‘Mother, Not Patient!’ aims to bring awareness among the common people, health professionals, young people and To Be Mothers globally. 

Note: Visit Live Discourse for more news, views, and interviews on the global communication campaign - Mother, Not Patient!. Please click to sign the pledge and know more about the campaign.

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