LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Kentucky is launching a new initiative designed to help at-risk mothers.
The Kentucky Blue band Project is aimed at improving the process for recognizing and treating severe hypertension during pregnancy and postpartum period.
Baptist Health Louisville is one of the first hospitals in Kentucky to take part in the project. Starting Oct. 1, mothers with hypertensive disorders during pregnancy that have delivered at Baptist Health Louisville will be issued a blue wrist band that lets other medical providers know that the patient had high blood pressure during pregnancy…