More than a quarter of India’s births now happen through Caesarean-section (C-section) deliveries, driven primarily by high rates of surgical intervention in private hospitals.
A part of this increase may reflect better access to emergency obstetric care, experts say. As more women deliver in health facilities, doctors are better able to identify complications that require surgical intervention. But coercion and commercialisation are to blame for unnecessary C-section deliveries, they say.
