Basically on the grounds that this article is surface only. The comments made by MP Sandra Kank seems to be sensationalised for the mere purpose of getting attention and barely covers any really substance at all.
Why are these hospitals performing caesareans?
How many of these stats were elective?
What are the age & circumstances of all these women?
Why does she view the practice in such a negative manner?
Why are there more stats for private hospitals over public?
What other options were these women offered?
What were the risks if a caesarean was not performed?
Just a few questions not factored in to this shallow survey.
When you get to the bottom of her comments, she mentions the 'worst performing' hospitals.
What does this mean anyway? Very vague. Does she imply that caesarean procedures bring down the standard of a hospital?
I would be more interested in understanding the reasons behind an increase in caesareans and then taking a look at success rates (I mean healthy baby & mother), low death rates, reduced birth complications than wondering which hospital does more surgery and why they should have a black mark put across their name.
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