Rise in caesarean section births in Gaza brings danger and infection risks

Gaza City, Gaza Strip – On a mattress placed on the floor of a half-destroyed apartment, Duha Abu Yousef sits holding her newborn baby with great difficulty after an emergency caesarean section was performed following her arrival at a hospital the night before. Abu Yousef, 24, who had entered her ninth month of pregnancy just a few days earlier, had hoped for a natural birth for her first child and to complete her final month of pregnancy. …