‘Govt to form panel to check unnecessary C-section deliveries in govt hospitals’

In view of the increase in C-section deliveries in government hospitals, Karnataka Health and Medical Education minister Dr K. Sudhakar said that a committee will be formed to monitor and check unnecessary C-section deliveries in the district and taluk government hospitals in Tumkur.
The Minister said this while interacting with patients in the Tumkur hospital.
“C-section deliveries should generally remain within 20-40 per cent of the total deliveries. The C-section should not be recommended in cases where normal delivery is feasible. If this is being deliberately done we will take strict action to stop this. District surgeons should have a weekly meeting with all department heads every Friday to address issues in the hospitals. DC is also being directed to regularly visit the district hospital,” the Health Minister added.
“44 specialist doctors are the sanctioned strength for Tumkur district hospital out of which 42 specialists are already on board. So there is no shortage of doctors here. There were 250 beds earlier which has been increased to 400 in 2003. However, manpower is not panned accordingly and we will fix this soon,” he added.
The Karnataka Minister said that the Namma Clinics would be operational by this month.
“438 Namma Clinics are being established in the state and 288 of them are ready. CM Bommai will dedicate the Namma Clinics to the public this month and Tumkur will get 10 Namma Clinics. The women’s clinics will be named ‘Ayushmati Clinic,” he said.