Table 1: Distribution of health care staff and equipment in the surveyed hospitals.

Group A

Hospitals with deliveries =/ > 4000 per annum

Group B

Hospitals with deliveries between > 1000 < 4000 per annum

Group C

Hospitals with 1000 deliver is or more per annum.

Hospitals and abbreviations Turkish Hospital (TRK), Omdurman Maternity H. (OMH), Ibrahim Malik Hospital (IMH), Soba University Hospital (STH), Chinese Friendship Hospital (CFH), Saudi Hospital (SH) Ali Abdelfattah H. (AAF), Bahri Teaching Hospital (BTH), Saad Abu AlEla Hospital (SAH), Academy Charity Hospital (KAH), Bashayir Hospital (BH), Haj Elsafi Hospital (HGH), Al-Ban Jadeed Hospital (ABJ) Garri Hospital (GAR), Al-Jazeera Slang Hospital (AJS), Jebail Al-Tena Hospital (JTH), Um-Dawan Ban H. (UDB), Jabl Awleya Hospital (JTH), Umbadda Hospital (UBH)

No of Obstetric Operating Rooms (OR)

Median (range)

3

(1-12)

2

(1-3)

2

Deliveries per annum

Median (range)

6885

(4000- 36000)

2700

(1600-3860)

162

(65-700)

No of Consultant Obstetricians per facility

Median (range)

14

(9-18)

4

(2-10)

2

(1-5)

No of Consultant Anaesthetists per facility

4

(3-13)

4

(1-5)

0

(0-1)

No of anaesthetic machines in the hospital

3

(1-12)

2

(1-3)

2

(1-3)

No of pulse oximeters in OR

1

(1-4)

2

(1-3)

1

(1-2)