Ensure Continuous Intake of Prescribed BP Drugs After Childbirth–Midwife                                                                                            

      
The Midwife in charge of the Maternity Ward at  Sampa Government Hospital, Madam Diana Kudjo has advised pregnancy-induced hypertension patients to ensure continuous intake of the prescribed hypertension medications.

This according to her will help protect them from the potential danger of the ailments.
 Madam Diana in an interview with Kwaku Mensah Abrampa stated that most pregnant, women who are put on hypertension(BP) drugs after being diagnosed with the disease during pregnancy halt the intake of the drugs when they deliver. This she says can have potentially negative effects on the lives of such persons.
 She stressed that it is only advisable for BP patients who developed the ailment through pregnancy to abide by the prescription from health professionals to stimulate the prevention of the likelihood of the same infections because pregnancy-induced hypertension has a higher rate of reinfection if it is not well taken care of.  
Pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) is a form of high blood pressure in pregnancy. It occurs in about 7 to 10 percent of all pregnancies.
 Another type of high blood pressure is chronic hypertension - high blood pressure that is present before pregnancy begins.
Pregnancy-induced hypertension is also called toxemia or preeclampsia. It occurs most often in young women with a first pregnancy. It is more common in twin pregnancies, and in women who had PIH in a previous pregnancy.