AMN/ New Delhi
Expressing deep concern over increasing cases of cesarean deliveries, Minister of Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi has taken up the matter with the Ministry of Health, suggesting mandatory disclosure of such cases by all hospitals.
The Minister received a petition signed by one lakh women against the tendency of hospitals to go for C-Section deliveries on slightest ground.
According to the National Health Family Survey-4, in Tamil Nadu, this percentage has been found to be 34 percent and in Telangana 58 per cent.
The situation in private hospitals and nursing homes is even more alarming.
In Telangana, in private hospitals ,the number of women who undergo C-section deliveries is as high as 75% of the total deliveries.