Unsecured Caesarean delivery (child birth through surgery) across the country including Rajshahi is increasing alarmingly.
According to the UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund), 15 pregnant women per day and 5,200 women per year die due to this caesarean delivery.
According to Rajshahi District Civil Surgeon-2017 information, caesarean service has been provided to 4,910 mothers through different NGOs, private clinics and hospitals in different upazilas of Rajshahi.
Of them, 13 newborns and 6 mothers died. On the other hand, there were 6,251normal deliveries, but no mother died.
Around 80 percent of caesarean sections happen at private hospitals and clinics. For a caesarean delivery, they charge up to 15 thousand to 50 thousand taka. Because of this, doctors advise for Caesarian section in most cases.
Initial study of Maternal Mortality and Health Care Survey (BMMS) in Bangladesh found that 196 mothers died in the C-section cases. At present, this Caesarean delivery has become a cause of deep concern in the country.
Women with caesarean surgeries experience excessive bleeding, more pain, and children born after 39 weeks may have respiratory problems. Also, if the mother wants to take another child then different complications arise and it can be risky.
Preserved Child Health, Nutrition and HIV / AIDS Wing Director Dr. Ishtiaq Mannan said, most Caesarean delivery is unnecessary in Bangladesh. However, it is a serious problem in the village level. Because there may not be all the doctors experienced. It can be more risky if it does operation.
According to experts, it was used in the country as a strategy to reduce the birth rate. Caesarean is risky than normal delivery and later many problems arise. C-section surgery is relatively painful. But private hospitals see the section as commercial for the sake of higher profits. The hospital also lacks quality control and lack of ethics.
Caesarean is delivery of baby through mother's womb surgery. Around 6 inches below the mother's stomach was cut and the child was taken from there. After that, the stove was cut off from the carpet area. This is an emergency process.
Meanwhile, patients and their relatives have to be under pressure by doctors about delivery of C-section. In most cases, mothers are admitted to hospital in the last stages. Due to this, instead of normal delivery for reducing the risk of mother and child, doctors opted for C-section. But if anyone contacts with specialist doctors from the beginning of his pregnancy then it is possible to avoid risk of 60 to 70 percent.
According to the Family Planning Department, there is a trained manpower problem. Staff need minimum 1 year training for normal delivery. Currently the training has been done for 6 months. But there is a lack of trained staff across the country.
