To cut or Not to cut?!

what is the issue? Until 2010, cesarean—or C-sections—were limited to 8.5% of all deliveries in the country, just under the recommended level of 10-15%, according to a WHO report .

insufficient Data? no national survey has thoroughly measured the rate or cost of C- sections so far.

Allegations hurled at medical fraternity:

1. Private hospitals tend to be the most scalpel-happy as this yield good money. C-sections are  lucrative procedures to make up for the cost of their education.

2.The charges for the procedure, hospital stay and anesthesia can range from about Rs5,000 (less than $100) in a government hospital to upwards of Rs40,000 ($650) in private hospitals.

what is the reality?

1.  the decision to have c-section is not just in the hands of a physician. some patients prefer  to deliver on auspicious dates, and some are afraid of pains and force the doctor to do  C section.

2. A combination of dietary and metabolic changes, coupled with less physical activity, have led to skyrocketing rates of diabetes and obesity in recent years.There is also a spike in the number of patients who are obese, and those who develop gestational diabetes—two factors that can complicate pregnancy.

What the researchers Say?

Recently a research was conducted comparing the 'spatial attention of babies delivered vaginally with those born via C-sections'. The study showed that C-section impacts concentration abilities and slows down the spatial attention, which impacts their ability to prioritize and focus on something of interest.

What the medics say?

Actually, a case of normal delivery can take up to 10 hours and the doctor has to be constantly monitoring the well being of both mother and child.

C-section, which is planned and takes less time than a normal delivery.

so,time wise,doctors has to spend more time and patients feel more pain and the incidence of high risk cases are on the rise.so,its not the question of money but its convenience on both sides.

previously MMR&IMR is so high. after the mechanism to identify high risk pregnencies and higher incidence of institutional deliveries,its natural that C-Sections are rising year by year and if you see the present MMR&IMR, c sections are one of the cause for better improved indicators!