Don t be proud of these health indicators
TNN | Sep 14, 2012, 05.
54AM IST
KOCHI: Kerala has always been proud of its health indicators.
But this is one figure that Kerala will not
be proud of.
Only 35% of pregnant women in the state have normal...
More
Don t be proud of these health indicators
TNN | Sep 14, 2012, 05.
54AM IST
KOCHI: Kerala has always been proud of its health indicators.
But this is one figure that Kerala will not
be proud of.
Only 35% of pregnant women in the state have normal delivery.
In contrast, almost 90% of
women across the country have normal delivery.
This is not all, consumption of drugs in the state is 15 %
more when compared with the rest of India.
Exposing the defects in the healthcare system in the state, central Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
secretary P K Pradhan said, "Almost 65% of women have caesarean delivery in the state.
This is
unnecessary and unwarranted.
I was shocked when I visited a hospital here and found that no normal
delivery had occurred at night after checking the hospital register.
Most of the deliveries were caesarean.
"
The secretary was addressing the session on Healthcare in Kerala - Emerging Scenario at the Emerging
Kerala meet on Thursday.
Less
