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Dr. Tran Ngoc Hai of Tu Du Hospital said the obstetrical sector has the highest number of fatalities in the health sector of
A large number of women do not go for periodical prenatal checkups to discover abnormal signs during their pregnancy, she said, adding that many women get fevers and think they have the flu but in fact are infected with bacteria. She also said that unexpected complications can happen when women go into labor.
Doctors said Vietnamese hospitals recently have been put under pressure as more and more women choose to give birth by Caesarean section since they think the method has fewer risks than giving birth the natural way.
In fact, the rates of maternal and child deaths in giving birth by Caesarean are higher than those in giving birth the natural way, doctors said.
