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Advisory for Gujarat model kicks up a row
Why is it in the news ?
- A recent advisory issued by the Union Health Ministry to States to adopt the Gujarat model of “noninterventional approach during the final stages of labour” as the best obstetric practice has kicked up a storm.
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- The obstetricians are fighting to bring down the incidence of postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), the leading cause of maternal mortality in India.
- The advisory runs contrary to WHO recommendations and the best of proven international advisories and this can undo all their efforts to reduce PPH and prevent mothers bleeding to death.
- The Indian Medical Association (IMA) leadership demands that the Centre leave clinical decision-making to doctors and that the advisory be withdrawn as it sends out contradictory messages to nurses and birthing assistants.
- The third stage is the time between the delivery of the baby and the expulsion of the placenta and its duration could be approximately six to 30 minutes.
- The WHO recommended protocol of delaying cord clamping after birth is enough to allow the foetus more blood from placenta.
- The Ministry says its advisory is meant to make childbirth a “natural and positive experience” for women.
Source
The Hindu