Curb NEEDLESS Caeserean surgeries : Health Ministry
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has asked states to curb "needless" Caeserean section surgeries, after a health survey pointed a sharp rise in such operations in the private sector.
According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) made available by the ministry today, the nationwide average Caesarean section surgeries rose from 8.5 per cent (NFHS-3) among all deliveries in the 2005-06 survey to 17.2 per cent in the 2015-16 survey.
In the private sector, Caesarean section surgeries made up about 40.9 per cent of deliveries in 2015-16 from 27.7 per cent in 2005-06.
Similarly according to NGHS-4, such surgeries in public health facilities declined from 15.2 per cent during NHFS-3 to 11.9 per cent during 2015-16.
"We are trying to tell the states to convince the private sector to do Caesarean only when it is required," Union Health secretary C K Mishra told reporters here.
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