{
  "id": 2112393,
  "title": "Deliveries at Keralam’s Kozhikode Government Women and Children’s Hospital decline",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/deliveries-at-keralams-kozhikode-government-women-and-childrens-2112393",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-20T10:13:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu Health",
    "slug": "the-hindu-health",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/deliveries-at-keralams-kozhikode-government-women-and-childrens-hospital-decline/article71368209.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Government Women and Children's Hospital in Kozhikode, Kerala is experiencing a decline in normal deliveries, with a significant increase in C-section deliveries. According to data from 2020-21 to 2025-26, the total number of deliveries decreased from 5,201 to 2,238, a 61% reduction. Of the remaining deliveries, 851 were C-sections, compared to 2,472 in 2020-21. The percentage of C-section deliveries remains higher than the World Health Organisation's suggested ideal rate of 10%-15%, and even exceeds the national average of 21.5%. This decline in deliveries is coupled with a decrease in in-patient admissions, dropping from 8,315 in 2020-21 to 4,683 in 2023-24, before slightly increasing to 5,089 in 2025-26. Despite the decrease in normal deliveries, the hospital continues to see a high number of outpatient visits, with a rise from 81,329 in 2020-21 to 1,55,257 in 2024-25, before slightly declining to 1,50,305 in 2025-26. The chairman of the rights organisation Pouravakasha Samrakshana Samithi, Satheesh Parannur, has raised concerns over the declining number of deliveries and IP admissions, suggesting that the Health department should conduct a detailed inquiry into the matter.",
  "summary": "According to Health department, there were a total of 5,201 deliveries (2,729 normal and 2,472 C-section) in 2020-21. This number came down to 2,238 (1,387 normal and 851 C-section) in 2025-26. A large number of people from the urban areas of Kozhikode are dependant on the hospital",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "Deliveries at Keralam’s Kozhikode Government Women and Children’s Hospital decline",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/deliveries-at-keralams-kozhikode-government-women-and-childrens",
        "published": "2026-08-20T10:13:59.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}