The delivery process of “Tuk-Tuk” vehicles to help pregnant women in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, has turned into a sarcasm on communication sites in the past two days.
And the Khartoum Ministry of Health officially announced on Thursday the allocation of “Tuk-Tuk” funds to help critical cases of emergency pregnancy and delivery in the suburbs of Jabal Awlia, south of Khartoum, and Umbada, west of Khartoum to reduce maternal mortality rates.
The Khartoum Ministry of Health said the project was carried out in coordination between the Ministry’s General Administration of Primary Health Care with the Hollow Organization and with the support of the United Nations Population Activities Organization.
An adviser to the Director General of the Ministry of Health in Khartoum told Sudan News Agency (SUNA) that the project aims to reduce the mortality of pregnant women and children and reduce complications resulting from childbirth.
Mortality between mothers and newborns is still high and the ambulance project aims to transfer pregnant women from medium-sized healthcare areas to more qualified ones to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality.
Scourge of evil laughter
As they say, “The evil of bad luck is what makes you laugh.” to assist pregnant women, or women about to give birth in safety, with the internal roads bumpy, even asphalted, and also during the autumn season, which usually sees heavy rains and floods. They wondered why the Ministry of Finance does not allocate sufficient budget to the Ministry of Health to purchase ambulances with safe specifications.
Interactors on social media in Sudan said: “Don’t be surprised, this is the biggest achievement of the Ministry of Health for the year 2022 AD, and as much as your quilt extends your legs, the important thing is that the driver be a doctor specialized in obstetrics and gynecology, for rapid intervention, in case of emergency, on the way to the hospital.”
Others sarcastically commented on the benefits of tick-tuk help: “premature delivery, increased herniated discs, and higher rates of concussion.”
