CONCLUSION
Service modification in obstetric care following the COVID-19 pandemic
has brought about significant reduction in inpatient care. Despite these
changes, pregnant women were able to access both routine and emergency
care with no significant adverse impact on perinatal and maternal
outcomes. Consequently, the current modifications in obstetric care put
in place to mitigate the spread of the virus particularly increase in
antennal outpatient scan capacity can be given long term consideration
as we battle to prevent a 2nd wave of the pandemic. On
a long term these measures may appear cost effective- ensuring judicious
utilisation of available resources; however, continuous evaluation of
these modifications is necessary in order to avoid the risk of
compromising patient safety.