HEALTH● LOWJul 11 · Jul 11, 2026, 7:23 AM
Nine in ten: Why Jammu and Kashmir’s private hospitals have India’s highest C-Section rate
The Hindu
In India, medical experts attribute the increase in C-sections to a combination of more institutional deliveries, improved detection of high-risk pregnancies, increasing maternal age and medical complications, greater use of assisted reproductive technologies, previous C-sections, and the rapid growth of private-sector obstetric care
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