Kathmandu, May 24Rate 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 areas was eight per cent.
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 C-section have this risk.
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.The post Caesarean section births increasing at alarming rate seemed first on The Himalayan Times.