Asia’s rise in Caesarean sections? It’s in the stars

Posted on May 9, 2007 by admin
Asia's rise in Caesarean sections? It's in the stars - IHT, May 9, 2007
...Caesarean rates have been known to spike on the eve of major holidays. One recent example was April 12, the day before the start of Thailand's Songkran festival, a time of family gatherings, which this year amounted to five days off. At Phayathai 3, a private hospital in Bangkok, the number of Caesareans rose to eight, compared with the usual rate of three or four a day, said Supakorn Phawanna, a hospital spokesman. Supakorn said patients chose Caesareans because they wanted to "have relatives and friends visit their  baby during the long holiday..."
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