Hysterectomies to be included in health survey

New Delhi: 20th August 2013

The government will collect information on hysterectomies in the fourth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS), which begins in January 2014. The decision to include hysterectomies as a component in the NFHS-4 was taken at the steering group meeting on NFHS here on Monday. The move comes in the wake of a demand from the health activists and medical practitioners following reports of rising cases of hysterectomies across the country.

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