Quality of care in laparoscopic sterilisation camps

Observations from Kerala, India

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3972136
AutoresMala Ramanathan (0000-0003-0625-109X), T R Dilip (0000-0003-0916-2383), Sabu S Padmada (0000-0002-6538-9374), Sabu S Padmadas
Año1995
Volumen3
Número6
Páginas84-93
Fecha de publicación1995-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaReproductive Health Matters (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0968-8080 • E-ISSN: 1460-9576
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1016/0968-8080(95)90162-0
OpenAlexW2004077753
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas2

Laparoscopic sterilisations are performed in institutional as well as mobile settings, known as camps, under the Indian Family Welfare Programme. One such camp, held at a Taluk (sub-district) hospital in Palakkad district in Kerala, was observed as part of a study on quality of services in this Programme. Services in sterilisation camps in Kerala were found to be better than elsewhere in India, but they did not conform to the standards laid down by Programme authorities specifically for such camps. Due to the high demand for these services, 48 sterilisations were performed by only one surgical team in just over two hours in one day, in clear violation of the regulations. Counselling of the women before surgery was inadequate, the surgeon never changed his gloves, the linen on the operating tables was never changed, and the facilities in the building were grossly insufficient to support the women's requirements afterwards

Environmental health · Family planning · Female sterilization · Gynecology · Political science · Population · Research methodology · Welfare · Diverticular Disease and Complications · Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues · Law · Medicine · Nursing