However, the ratio of normal deliveries during the same period remained almost equal, as, of the 531 normal deliveries, 257 babies were born during the day and 274 at night. The policy was aimed at ensuring the availability of the obstetrics team at night for the convenience of pregnant women coming to government hospitals. In its report, the HT had highlighted the shocking figure of caesareans and normal deliveries that took place between April 2016 to March 2017 at the hospital. While, the data for normal deliveries is the opposite, of the 2,987 normal deliveries, 1,600 babies were born during the day and 1,392 at night during same period. There had hardly been any C-section deliveries from 4 pm to 8 pm during the year, raising doubts about doctors manipulating the time of delivery.

Source: Hindustan Times June 28, 2017 04:41 UTC