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Hope as more women opt for safer hospital births
A mother and her newborn baby. Hospital births rose to 90.1 per cent of registered national deliveries in 2015, up from 83.4 per cent the previous year. PHOTO | FILE
Giving birth outside hospital is a risky gamble, especially in cases where expectant women run into unforeseen complications.
Out-of-hospital births tend to involve less specialised intervention like Caesarean section, leaving women and the unborn at high risk of injury or fatality should complications arise.
