INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, May 24
Rate of caesarean section births has increased alarmingly in the country in the past few years.
According to Nepal
Demographic Health Survey-2006, two per cent of all babies born in rural areas were delivered by C-section while birth by C-section in urban
In 2016, C-section birth reached six per cent in the rural areas and 12 per cent in urban areas.
Currently, the rate of C-section delivery
at private hospitals is 30 per cent while 15 per cent babies are delivered by C-section at public hospitals.
Speaking at an interaction
organised at Paropakar Maternity and Women Hospital nowadays, Laxmi Tamang, president of Midwifery Society of Nepal, said C-section was a
life saving procedure required for complicated pregnancies.
According to WHO, only 10 to 15 per cent births require caesarean section for
medical reasons.
But hospitals prefer C-section for non-medical reasons too
C-section is mainly required in case of complications such as bleeding, foetal distress, hypertension or a baby being in an abnormal
position,& said Tamang.
Among public hospitals, Bharatpur Hospital, Chitwan, has topped the list with 37 per cent births through C-section
In the fiscal 2018/19, of the total births at Paropakar Maternity Women Hospital, 29 per cent were through C-section, while it was 27 per
cent each at Janakpur Zonal Hospital, Dhanusha, and Lumbini Zonal Hospital, Butwal.
As many as 26 per cent mothers gave births to their
babies through C-section at Western Regional Hospital, Pokhara, while the rate was 25 per cent each at Koshi Zonal Hospital, Biratnagar, and
Seti Zonal Hospital, Kailali.
C-section is riskier for newborns, according to Tamang
&Some 7.9 per cent children born via vaginal delivery have the risk of suffering from asthma, while 9.5 per cent children born through
Obesity is seen among 19.4 per cent children born via C-section
These children also run the risk of Type 1 diabetes,& she said.
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