Dhaka, Nov. 22 -- Health experts and women's rights activists have expressed serious concern over the boom in unnecessary Caesarean section, commonly known as C-sections, as it puts mothers and babies at needless risks.

They shared the concern at a workshop and discussion titled 'Know Your Birth Right'- a birth plan design, held at EMK Centre in Dhaka on Tuesday as part of their "Stop Unnecessary C-section" campaign.

Bangladesh is facing a massive boom in the number of medically unnecessary C-sections - between 2016 and 2018 the number of operations increased by 51 per cent, new figures released by Save the Children reveal.

The country saw an estimated 860,000 of these unnecessary operations last year, while up to 300,000 women who nee...