Thursday, 30 July 2020

Excessive c-sections cost Rs 5,000crore/year

An analysis of the data reveals that 28.5 lakh more caesarean sections were done in private hospitals across the country in 2018 than the acceptable international ratio of normal to caesarean births. The average extra cost of each such procedure comes to about Rs 18,000. This means that the 28.5 lakh extra caesarean deliveries cost a total of Rs 5,130 crore.

from The Times of India https://ift.tt/2DoEMsR

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