Training, registration necessary for postnatal care practitioners
June 23, 2021
This is because currently there is no specific law or regulatory body to monitor such centres.
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Confinement refers to the traditional postnatal practices that are observed after childbirth for 30 to 40 days. Mothers have the option of hiring a nanny or pui yuet to take care of them and their newborn baby in their own home or checking into one of the many confinement centres that offer services encompassing a mix of modern and traditional practices.
However, the days of hiring untrained and unaccredited staff to save costs are over for confinement centres as the Traditional and Complementary Medicine (T&CM) Act (Act 775) was updated in March this year to make it compulsory for all T&CM practitioners – including postnatal care practitioners – who do not possess any qualification but have the relevant experience to take a one-year course to meet the minimum qualification to register as