
Parboti’s Very Own Entrepreneurship
Parboti Sutrodhar is a graduate midwife of BRACU. While midwives often seek a secure government job or a high-paying non-government one, Parboti decided to do something on her own. She opened up her own delivery center in Sylhet. In December 2018, Parboti started her journey as an entrepreneur. With a commitment to ensuring high quality maternal and neonatal care for her clients, she has taken the initiative to become an entrepreneur on Midwife-led Care Services. She is serving pregnant mothers and their newborns from her very own “Maayer Hasi Delivery Center. “
Parboti was a student of the second batch in BRAC University's Shimantik Academic Site in Sylhet Uposhahar. She stood first in the Bangladesh Nursing and Midwifery Council licensing exam of 2018, competing with midwives from all over Bangladesh. Despite her excellent academic achievement and national recognition, she decided to remain an independent midwifery practitioner rather than taking a job somewhere.
Parboti said, "In my delivery center, I am providing delivery care, ensuring high quality and respectful services with integrity, for the comfort of the pregnant mother. All of these at an affordable cost in comparison to any other private clinics in Sylhet." Maayer Hashi Delivery Center – which translates to Mother’s Smile Delivery Cener, is a name that justifies Parboti's cause. It is situated in a convenient location accessible to all, even those from remote areas. In case of an emergency, the location of this delivery center will allow a mother to be referred to any hospital of Sylhet city with ease. Maayer Hashi Delivery Center has received satisfactory response from the community within just a few months of its inauguration. In nine months, 23 normal vaginal deliveries have already been performed and 7 mothers were referred to hospital because of complicacy. In addition, 110 antenatal checkups and 50 postnatal checkups were done and recorded. Parboti has also served 16 different patient with family planning methods. Several pregnant women and their relatives consulted with Parboti to have a normal delivery rather than going for a Caesarean Section.