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Table 1 Characteristics of hospitals

From: Building a research registry for studying birth complications and outcomes in six Palestinian governmental hospitals

Region

West Bank

Gaza

Hospital

Rafidia

PMCb

Hebron

Shifa

Hilal

Aqsa

Location

Nablus

Ramallah

Hebron

Gaza city

Rafah

Deir AlBalah

No bedsa

200

231

275

1022

20

280

No maternity beds

43

32

40

80

20

34

Annual births (2014)a

6166

4790

6798

12,500

5800

7500

Cesarean section (rate)a (2014)

1724 (28%)

1441 (30.1%)

967 (14.2%)

2000 (16%)

870 (15%)

1020 (13.6%)

No OB/GYN consultants

3

5

8

35

5

16

No residents

17

12

7

42

8

10

No midwivesc

28

13

21

34

12

20

No nursesc

0

0

0

26

10

16

Antenatal care

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Operating room

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

NICU

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

ICU

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Teaching hospital

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  1. aAnnual report, hospital statistics, OBGYN and midwifery heads in hospitals
  2. bPMC: Palestine Medical Complex
  3. cThese are number of midwives and nurses in the labour and delivery ward