C-section

“No woman should lose her life simply because she can’t afford a C-section,” Health Minister Muhammad Pate said while announcing the "powerful move".

Brock eventually performed an emergency C-section roughly 20 hours after labor began.

In Zachary's case it ended up perforating at 28 weeks which led to an emergency C-section.

According to NHS London, five planned C-sections were rescheduled and 18 organs were diverted for use by other trusts, while 736 hospital outpatient appointments and 125 community outpatient appointments had to be postponed.

The state has high rates of C-sections, and rates of preterm births and infant deaths are worse than the national average.