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Turkey fines doctors to curb high C-section rates

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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

RANK_REASON Government policy intervention in healthcare practices. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.0]

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Turkey fines doctors to curb high C-section rates

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Agence France-Presse ·

    Erdogan pushes for ‘natural’ births amid Turkey’s high C-section rate

    Turkey’s health ministry has fined more than 100 obstetrician-gynaecologists for carrying out cesarean sections, suspending them from duty and forcing them to undergo training. The country has the highest rate of C-section births among the OECD’s 38 nations, according to the last…

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