Obstetrics and Gynaecology is an important branch of medicine which focuses primarily on women’s health. It combines two separate specialities in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. While Obstetrics focuses on delivery, Gynaecology deals with diseases related to breasts, ovaries and uterus.

Obstetrics and gynaecologyencompasses the two subspecialtiesof obstetrics covering pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period and gynecology covering the health of the female reproductive system include vagina, uterus, ovaries, and breasts.

What do obstetrics and gynaecology treat?

The obstetrician’s examine and bring a woman through pregnancy, deliver her child, and give the new mother adequate postnatal care of her child. Gynecologistsmain tasks make routine examinations of cervical and vaginal secretions to detect cancer of the uterus and cervix.

Obstetricians and gynecologists are well qualified to do different activities. Obstetricians are licensed to handle which include:

• Fertility treatment
• Pregnancy healthcare
• NICU care
• Vaginal and cesarean section births
• General post-natal care