BMC data for past five years shows women undergo the procedure though it is risky for them, but men still shy from it, despite it being simpler for them
Doctors say men are not keen on the surgery. File Pic
When it comes to contraceptive surgery there seems to be is no change in men’s mentality. Statistics of the past few years show that very few men opt for the surgery. In the year 2021-22, for every 100 women opting for tubectomy (women's contraceptive surgery), only one man underwent vasectomy (male contraceptive surgery) in Mumbai. In the year 2021-22, around 12,138 women had sterilisation surgery compared to 43 men. As per Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) health officials, men feel it's a woman's duty to get it done.