Are growing career ambitions among women leading to the growth of mortality rate among infants and mothers? It is one of the major causes supplemented by lifestyle changes and food habits, says A. Rampapa Rao, noted anaesthetist.
Women now marrying late and planning for kids after 30 years of age are in the high risk category apart from people affected with diseases bearing children. At the same time adoption of good practices in Obstetric critical care can bring it down considerably. The best age to have children is 22 to 26 years, he said. The first world Obstetric Anaesthesia Congress to be hosted in Hyderabad from September 11 will focus on this critical care. A 10-point charter will be released at the Congress highlighting the best practices and if adopted diligently these can significantly bring down mortality rate by over 50 per cent, Dr. Rao said. The Congress is being organised by the Prerna Anaesthesia Critical Care Services Pvt Ltd that will see participation of over 900 specialists apart from 28 international and 90 national faculty members. Obstetric Anaesthesia is relatively a new field and the Indian association was formed just 8 years ago. The three-day event to be conducted at Marriott Convention Centre will have workshops on Advanced Obstetric Analgesia, Critical incidents in Obstetric Anaesthesia, Critical care in Obstetrics and Simulation on Saving mothers’ lives.
Dr. Rao said that Andhra Pradesh and Telangana has a mortality rate of 110 for one lakh deliveries despite the vast medical services available in nook and corner of the State. Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have the worst record in India with mortality rate crossing 300 per one lakh deliveries.
