Maternity Hospital starts screening pregnant women, new mums for mental health issues

Doctors say mental health problems in pregnant women and new mothers are more severe than previously believed, with around 20 percent women affected.

Last week, doctors at Thapathali-based Paropakar Maternity and Women’s Hospital diagnosed a new mother in her late 20s with postnatal depression. Her newborn baby was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit of the hospital due to health complications, and the mother was under care in the maternity ward.