Pregnant women will also avoid caesarean section for medical reasons, writes Mish. The authorities of the Vladimir region want to reduce the number of these operations by two thirds: the caesarean section is more expensive, and then the patient will have to stay in the hospital longer. Talks about natural birth will take place during registration at the birthing clinic. The stated goal of the authorities is to raise the fertility rate to 1.6 and "strengthen reproductive health". At the same time, about 45% of the norm of obstetricians and gynecologists work in the region, maternity hospitals are closed in small cities, and about a thousand women a year go to Moscow to give birth. Telegram | MAX.