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 100 deliveries or less 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
Median (range)
4
(3-13)
4
(1-5)
0
(0-1)
No of anaesthetic machines in the hospital
Median (range)
3
(1-12)
2
(1-3)
2
(1-3)
No of pulse oximeters in
OR
Median (range)
1
(1-4)
2
(1-3)
1
(1-2)