> “In many cases, a caesarean is a life-saving procedure and can be the right choice for a woman and her baby,”

And in other cases it is a way to make life easier for medical staff?

Here in Panama, babies are disproportionately born through C-section in privately run hospitals.

Update: While I can't cite any stats for Panama, there is an article [0] that says

"The rates can be even higher in private clinics. For example, in Brazil, 80-90 percent of births in private clinics are now C-sections, compared with about 30-40 percent of births in public hospitals."

[0] https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/10/12/6561984...