Emergency obstetric care in a rural hospital: On-call specialists can manage C-sections

• Main Authors: Shyam V Ashtekar (Author), Madhav B Kulkarni (Author), Ratna S Ashtekar (Author), Vaishali S Sadavarte (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Institutional birth and Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC) are important strategies of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). While the Community Health Center (CHC) is expected to serve EmOC needs in NRHM, the CHCs are hamstrung due to chronic shortage of specialist doctors. Alternative...