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'Little dragons' cause havoc
By Xiao Lu |
September 29, 2012, Saturday
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THE Year of Dragon has created a baby boom in the city, and Minhang is no exception. Hospitals in the district, feeling somewhat constrained by the number of births, have advised young couple not to be too superstitious when it comes to family planning.
According to traditional beliefs, babies born in the Year of Dragon will have lives filled with luck. So many young people planned births for this year.
Big hospitals in Minhang said the baby boom started after the start of the Lunar New Year in late January. Bed space began to get tight.
The Minhang District Central Hospital said up to 450 women have given birth there every month in the first half of this year, a 50 percent increase from similar periods in recent years.
"We even experienced one day when 20 women gave birth in our hospital, which was incredible," said Xu Jun, director of the gynecology and obstetrics department.
"We estimate that the situation will get worse before the year is out."
The Shanghai No. 5 People's Hospital reported that 1,650 women gave birth there in the first half, about 300 more than a year earlier.
Mothers-to-be have been complaining about the long waits they have to endure for obstetrics exams.
"I knew that this year would be a big one for having babies, so I avoided the big downtown hospitals," said Lin Sha, who is expecting her first child in November.
"But I didn't realize that even hospitals in Minhang would be overloaded."
Lin said crowded waiting rooms at the hospital make her uncomfortable.
"But I know it's inevitable because everyone wishes to have a good-luck baby," she said with a sigh.
Hospitals said they have added some extra beds, but they still fall short of meeting demand. Hospital stays for mothers with normal births have had to be shortened, and extra staff hired to help midwives.
Some mothers-to-be are encouraged to patronize smaller, secondary hospitals where bed and staff shortages are not so acute.
According to traditional beliefs, babies born in the Year of Dragon will have lives filled with luck. So many young people planned births for this year.
Big hospitals in Minhang said the baby boom started after the start of the Lunar New Year in late January. Bed space began to get tight.
The Minhang District Central Hospital said up to 450 women have given birth there every month in the first half of this year, a 50 percent increase from similar periods in recent years.
"We even experienced one day when 20 women gave birth in our hospital, which was incredible," said Xu Jun, director of the gynecology and obstetrics department.
"We estimate that the situation will get worse before the year is out."
The Shanghai No. 5 People's Hospital reported that 1,650 women gave birth there in the first half, about 300 more than a year earlier.
Mothers-to-be have been complaining about the long waits they have to endure for obstetrics exams.
"I knew that this year would be a big one for having babies, so I avoided the big downtown hospitals," said Lin Sha, who is expecting her first child in November.
"But I didn't realize that even hospitals in Minhang would be overloaded."
Lin said crowded waiting rooms at the hospital make her uncomfortable.
"But I know it's inevitable because everyone wishes to have a good-luck baby," she said with a sigh.
Hospitals said they have added some extra beds, but they still fall short of meeting demand. Hospital stays for mothers with normal births have had to be shortened, and extra staff hired to help midwives.
Some mothers-to-be are encouraged to patronize smaller, secondary hospitals where bed and staff shortages are not so acute.
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