無痛分娩來了! 全國開展分娩鎮痛試點!

China's National Health Commission has released a work plan for the nationwide promotion of pain relief during labor and delivery.

中國國家衛生健康委員會日前發佈了在全國推廣分娩鎮痛的工作計劃。

The three-year plan aims to make fewer mothers turn to C-sections to escape unbearable labor pain, thus increasing rates of natural childbirth and lowering rates of cesarean delivery.

這項爲期三年的計劃，旨在減少因不能耐受分娩疼痛而選擇剖腹產的產婦數量，從而提高自然分娩率、降低剖腹產率。

The country's lack of pain-free natural labor was brought into the spotlight in August last year, when a 26-year-old pregnant woman in Yulin, Shaanxi, jumped to her death in a maternity ward partly because she was in unbearable pain.

去年8月，陝西省榆林市一名26歲孕婦從產科病房跳樓身亡，部分原因是難忍疼痛。事件發生後，我國無痛自然分娩率低成爲人們的關注焦點。

A number of hospitals will be chosen around the country to pilot labor pain relief services between 2018 and 2020, before they are widely promoted, according to the work plan.

根據這項工作計劃，2018-2020年，我國將在全國範圍內遴選出一定數量的醫院試點分娩鎮痛服務，之後進行大範圍推廣。

By the end of 2020, more than 40% of all deliveries in the pilot hospitals will be completed with the help of spinal or epidural anesthesia, or a combination of both.

2020年年底前，試點醫院在腰麻、硬膜外麻醉和腰硬聯合麻醉輔助下進行的分娩佔比將達40%以上。

Painless delivery is yet to become common in China due to several factors, including a shortage of anesthetists at hospitals and widespread myths surrounding labor pain relief methods.

受醫院麻醉人才短缺、一些有關分娩鎮痛方法的謠言廣泛傳播等多種因素的影響，無痛分娩目前在我國尚未普及。

The commission also released two norms attached to the work plan, one regarding labor pain relief operation procedures and the other in analgesia technical management.

此外，國家衛健委還發布了該工作計劃附帶的兩項規範，一項是分娩鎮痛技術操作規範，另一項是分娩鎮痛技術管理規範。