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Managing abortion at home using pills is safe and may ease hospital burden: The Lancet
Updated On: 30 August, 2024 12:01 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
Those who took the pill at home had a 71 per cent chance of completing their care in hospital within 9 hours with no overnight stay, compared to 46 per cent of women who took the first dose of misoprostol at the hospital
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Managing abortion at home using pills is safe and may ease hospital burden, claimed a study published in The Lancet journal on Friday.
The randomised controlled trial of 435 women by Swedish researchers analysed women who took the first dose of misoprostol (a pill given as part of the procedure for medical abortions) at home or in the hospital.
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