The hospital has pioneered the integration of unplanned pregnancy services into the hospital’s services since 2010. Currently, one issue with women facing unplanned pregnancies is the misjudgment of their own potential. It is essential for various personnel to assist in evaluating and planning ways to help.
Since 2017, the hospital has been collecting data on unplanned pregnancies and found that Pathum Thani Hospital delivers over 300 cases per month. Every month, about 10 cases involve drug use during delivery, or approximately 100 cases per year. Staff are now concerned about the future of the new generation being born, as both parents use drugs. Many refuse treatment, and most tend to harm the child after birth. Therefore, pediatricians have set up a system to not work reactively but to screen all mothers at risk of drug use by testing the urine of newborns. When drug use is detected, plans must be made to care for the child and establish other systems to provide assistance.
In one province, there are 2-3 prisons. There are cases of pregnant women imprisoned for drug offenses along with their husbands. They are very stressed and do not want to continue the pregnancy. Female wardens understand and sympathize, trying to help. How can women in prison be protected in terms of their rights?
Source: Khun Worapat Sangkaew, OSCC Center, Pathum Thani Hospital. Meeting on “Developing Guidelines for Assistance, Service Provision, and Rights Protection for Adolescents and Women with Unplanned Pregnancies” by the Project for Developing a Safe and Friendly Alternative Service Network for Adolescents and Women with Unplanned Pregnancies.