Laziness blamed for high number of Caesarian cases in Saudi

Caesarian delivery cases surged by nearly 67 per cent in Saudi Arabia in 2015 to continue an upward trend recorded over previous years mainly because of pregnant women’s laziness, according to a local doctor.

The number of such cases also jumped by around 45 per cent in 2014 over 2013, which also recorded a sharp rise over the previous year, said Dr Ahmed Marzouq, a gynaecology and obstetrics specialist at the Saudi health ministry.

He told the Saudi daily ‘Al Hayat’ that the figures cover only government hospital, adding that private medical centres were performing much more Caesarian operations.

“The main reason for such large increases in Caesarian delivery cases is that pregnant woman have become lazy…they do not move and they are now aware of the benefits of walking during pregnancy,” he said.

“The problem is that most of pregnant women are advised by their doctors to walk during pregnancy, but they come up with the excuse that there is nowhere for them to walk and that the weather does not help.”

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