AP CM Chandrababu Naidu expressed concern over the increasing number of cesarean section operations in Andhra Pradesh, accounting to 56.62 per cent of all births in the country. It is the greediness of the doctors that is encouraging the practice. The state tops the country in C-section procedures, while doctor should practice safe delivery, he lamented.

Of this, 90 per cent of the cesarean section (C-Section) operations are occurring in private hospitals. Over 56.62 per cent cesarean deliveries, this is a dangerous trend, he said. These doctors are encouraging caesarean operations for money.

Naidu raised the issue in the Assembly. He tasked Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav to inform the doctors that the government does not approve this trend and directed him to focus on enabling safe d

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