Dhaka, Feb. 27 -- The latest local demographic surveillance has found an alarming tendency of C-sections in Bangladesh with the private hospitals in the lead for lack of monitoring from the regulator's end.

City corporation areas see about three out of five births (58.21 per cent) given through C-Section.

Another startling revelation is that private health facilities are responsible for 84.86 per cent C-section out of their total deliveries.

At national level, more than two out of five births (41.37 per cent) are done through C-section, according to the Bangladesh Sample Vital Statistics 2022.

This picture is grimmer than that of a global one. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 10 to 15 per cent of C-sections are accept...