Hyderabad: Hysterectomy is not the answer to long-term contraception. The practice is popular in both AP and Telangana state. Women as young as 25 to 30 years of age undergo the procedure.
Dr C.N. Purandare, senior obstetrician and gynaecologist, said, “Hysterectomy is to be performed only if the uterus is medically not fit. Removing the uterus as a method of contraception is not advisable. This practice has been done away with in the United States and Europe and in India we are working hard to create awareness about the same.”
A senior doctor said, “There are those who do it as a business for women in rural areas. These doctors need to be banned and action taken against them. We have a large number of quacks who need to be punished for these jobs.”
The International Fed-eration of Gynaecology and Obstetrics has asked all its members to perform hysterectomy only in case of medical malfunction and not as a method of contraception.
