Lok Sabha Question No. 284 (STARRED), answered on 2017-08-04
Subject: Rise in C-Section Surgeries
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 284 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 TH AUGUST , 2017

## RISE IN C-SECTION SURGERIES

## *284. DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN: DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  number  of  C - section  surgeries  mainly  in  private  hospitals empanelled  under  the  Central  Government  Health  Scheme  (CGHS)  have  risen alarmingly in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  the  number  of  C - section  surgeries  reported  by  private  hospitals  empanell under the CGHS;
- (c) whether the Government has received a petition drawing attention in this and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  the  time  by  which  the  Government  is  planning  to  make  it  mandatory hospitals and diagnostic centres to display delivery statistics at prominent

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE ( SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA )

- (a)to ( d) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 284* FOR 4 TH AUGUST , 2017

(a)  &  (b)  As  per  the  information  received  from  CGHS  empanelled  privat hospitals, 17,450 C - Section surgeries have been conducted out of 31,296 deliveri (i.e. about 55.75 %).  The details are Annexed.

- (c)  A  reference  from  Ministry  of  Women  &  Child  Development,  referring  to petition  signed  by  more  than  one  lakh  people  on  change.org  website  r egarding higher incidence of C - Section surgeries in private hospitals than public hospita the country, was received.
- (d) CGHS  has  already  asked  all  CGHS  empanelled  hospitals  to  display  the information on voluntary basis prominently near reception o f the hospital to begin with.

## C-Section in Private hospitals empanelled under CGHS

| Sr. No.   | Name of the City   | C-Section   | Normal Deliveries   | Total   | C-Section %   |
|-----------|--------------------|-------------|---------------------|---------|---------------|
| 1         | Allahabad          | 1507        | 1324                | 2831    | 53.23         |
| 2         | Ahmedabad          | *           | *                   | *       | *             |
| 3         | Bangalore          | 2269        | 1414                | 3683    | 61.60         |
| 4         | Bhopal             | 49          | *                   | *       | *             |
| 5         | Bhubaneshwar       | *           | *                   | *       | *             |
| 6         | Chandigarh         | 239         | 4                   | 243     | 98.35         |
| 7         | Chennai            | 659         | 496                 | 1155    | 57.05         |
| 8         | Dehradun           | *           | *                   | *       | *             |
| 9         | Delhi              | 487         | 231                 | 718     | 67.83         |
| 10        | Guwahati           | 125         | 69                  | 194     | 64.43         |
| 11        | Gandhi Nagar       | #           | #                   | #       | #             |
| 12        | Hyderabad          | 58          | *                   | *       | *             |
| 13        | Indore             | *           | *                   | *       | *             |
| 14        | Jaipur             | 1978        | 1968                | 3946    | 50.13         |
| 15        | Jabalpur           | 1124        | 492                 | 1616    | 69.55         |
| 16        | Jammu              | **          | **                  | **      | **            |
| 17        | Kanpur             | 174         | 55                  | 229     | 75.98         |
| 18        | Kolkata            | 232         | *                   | *       | *             |
| 19        | Lucknow            | 219         | 223                 | 442     | 49.54         |
| 20        | Meerut             | 111         | 66                  | 177     | 62.71         |
| 21        | Mumbai             | 263         | 158                 | 421     | 62.47         |
| 22        | Nagpur             | 1516        | 594                 | 2110    | 71.84         |
| 23        | Pune               | 3040        | 5033                | 8073    | 37.66         |
| 24        | Patna              | 3000        | 1800                | 4800    | 62.5          |
| 25        | Puducherry         | **          | **                  | **      | **            |
| 26        | Ranchi             | 13          | 11                  | 24      | 54.16         |
| 27        | Trivandrum         | 387         | 247                 | 634     | 61.04         |
| 28        | Shillong           | **          | **                  | **      | **            |
| 29        | Shimla             | **          | **                  | **      | **            |
| 30        | Vishakhapatnam     | **          | **                  | **      | **            |
| 31        | Agartalla          | **          | **                  | **      | **            |
|           | Total              | 17450       | 14185               | 31296   | 55.75         |