<div align="justify">The government has directed private hospitals empanelled under the Central Government Health Services to “prominently” display data of C-Section surgeries and normal deliveries. It has also asked the state governments to conduct a “periodical prescription audit” of the health facilities, specifically on this issue.<br /><br />This comes days after Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi urged Health Minister J P Nadda to take steps to check the “alarming trend” of the C-Section surgeries in the country.<br /><br />In a letter to Nadda in February, Maneka expressed “deep concern” over the increasing trend of hospitals “forcing” expecting mothers to undergo C-Sections. She suggested making a public disclosure of the information on C-Sections mandatory for all hospitals.<br /><br />“In response to her letter, the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare has stated that the concerns expressed are well founded and the health ministry is taking a series of measures to control this increasing trend,” the Centre stated in a press communique.<br /><br />The Federation of Obstetric and Gynecological Societies of India has also been sounded off about the harmful effects of unwarranted C-Sections, the ministry added.<br /><br /></div>
<div align="justify">The government has directed private hospitals empanelled under the Central Government Health Services to “prominently” display data of C-Section surgeries and normal deliveries. It has also asked the state governments to conduct a “periodical prescription audit” of the health facilities, specifically on this issue.<br /><br />This comes days after Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi urged Health Minister J P Nadda to take steps to check the “alarming trend” of the C-Section surgeries in the country.<br /><br />In a letter to Nadda in February, Maneka expressed “deep concern” over the increasing trend of hospitals “forcing” expecting mothers to undergo C-Sections. She suggested making a public disclosure of the information on C-Sections mandatory for all hospitals.<br /><br />“In response to her letter, the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare has stated that the concerns expressed are well founded and the health ministry is taking a series of measures to control this increasing trend,” the Centre stated in a press communique.<br /><br />The Federation of Obstetric and Gynecological Societies of India has also been sounded off about the harmful effects of unwarranted C-Sections, the ministry added.<br /><br /></div>
