In September 2009, the new $6.5 million birth centre opened.

Baltistan is said to be the birth centre of Polo.

It has already closed its birth centre owing to financial problems and staff absence.

So it was a natural progression for the hospital to open its own birth center, which the administration now hopes will bring substantial financial benefits.

That's because women interested in natural childbirth tend to travel great distances to find a birth center.

Then, it always shows the family getting ready to go to the hospital, birth center, or prepare for a homebirth.

Yeah, but see, the women at the birth centers know who came in to have it done.

Such birth centers are usually independent, often far from a hospital.

In birth centers like this one, the baby never leaves the mother.

There are certain requirements that a woman needs to meet in order to be able to birth at a birth center.