Turkey fines doctors to curb high C-section rates

Turkey's government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's "Decade of the Family" initiative, is actively discouraging C-section births. The health ministry has fined and suspended over 100 obstetrician-gynaecologists for performing medically unnecessary cesarean procedures. This move aims to address Turkey's high C-section rate, which is the highest among OECD nations, and promote natural births. AI

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