A member of the Control Yuan pointed out earlier that the the rate of Caesarean section in Taiwan has grown unusally high in recent years, which he considered a sign of abusing medical resources. But doctors from the Association of Obstetricians said yesterday that his accusations are based on false stats and gross misinterpretations.

Taiwan has a high rate of C-sections.

A member of the Control Yuan discovered one out of every three Taiwanese women choose to have a C-section, ranking Taiwan second in the world after Italy.

Thus, he demanded the Health Department to correct its ways.

But the Taiwan Association of OBGYN held a press conference with a legislator to refute this claim in public.

Additionally, the Association revealed that only 6.9 Taiwanese women out of every 100,000 die during child birth.

This is not only lower than the US, but also far lower than other Asian countries.

Thus, they said the trend of Taiwanese women dying during childbirth is not increasing as the Control Yuan claims.

Sometimes, C-sections are chosen to protect the mother and child. Actually, the National Health Insurance Bureau already increased the payout for natural child birth 5 years ago, making it the same as a C-section.

Therefore, the Association believes C-sections aren't chosen just to make more money off NHI, and its ratio hasn't increased in these few years. Women giving birth are getting older and older.

They also have a choice when giving birth.

Currently, C-sections are only rising in Central and Eastern Taiwan.

The Association has already sent out letters to clinics asking them to lower the number of C-sections, hoping to reduce the ratio.