Résumé
Obstetric flying squad can play an important role in decreasing maternal and foetal morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Faisalabad obstetric flying squad service was started on 16th March 1988 but no call was received for a period of 9 months. Intensive community education through street camps proved to be very effective in introducing the squad as the first call came on 15th January 1989 from the area where street camp was held in the morning. In a period of one year [15th January 1989 to 15th January 1990] 73 calls have been received by traveling 1715 kilometers within the municipal limits. Most of the calls were for obstructed labour, postpartum haemorrhage and antepartum haemorrhage. The flying squad was mainly summoned by patient's attendants, LHVs and TBAs. No patient was found dead when flying squad reached and all patients except 2 were discharged from the hospital in satisfactory condition. Some problems were faced in smooth running of the service due to illiteracy and non co-operation of the patients or their relatives. The maternal mortality of Faisalabad is reduced to 0.86/1000 in Faisalabad city in year 1989 compared to 1.86/1000 in 1987 [2]. In addition to other factors. [TBA training/refresher courses, community education, free services in hospital and home death delivery survey] flying squad is the major contributing factor for reduction of maternal mortality