C-Section and mistrust

C-section, commonly called Caesarean, procedure is used to deliver babies in almost 80 per cent of cases in private hospitals. An analysis shows that half of these deliveries could have been done normally without any health risk for the mother or the child.

But unfortunately, as C-section brings more money than normal delivery, the hospital authorities allegedly use various tactics to influence people for going for C-section. It is fear of loss of life that dictates the decision-making by the family members as the authorities create a situation where someone has to choose C-section over normal delivery. Although this method appears to be less painful and safer, it also creates certain amount of mistrust between the hospital authorities and the family members of the patients. The situation calls for political intervention, be it discussion in parliament or legal action, to help the helpless patients and restore trust in the medicare system.

Professor Emon

Dhaka