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HK may raise childbirth fees for mainland women
By Zhang Xuanchen |
March 9, 2011, Wednesday
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HONG Kong public hospitals will possibly raise delivery charges for mainland women who cross the border to give birth, causing a shortage of hospital beds in the territory, China News Service reported today.
York Chow Yat-ngok, Hong Kong's secretary for food and health, said authorities were discussing a new price scheme to replace the old one adopted four years ago.
The scheme aims to cope with a growing shortage of maternity wards and staff in public hospitals as an increasing number of mainland pregnant women come to Hong Kong to seek better medical service, a permanent residency for their children in the special administrative region, or to dodge mainland's one-child policy.
About 41,000 out of the 88,000 babies born last year in Hong Kong belonged to mainland women, according to Henry Tang Ying-yen, chief secretary for administration.
Tang said the number was expected to surge to 50,000 a year in the near future.
York Chow Yat-ngok, Hong Kong's secretary for food and health, said authorities were discussing a new price scheme to replace the old one adopted four years ago.
The scheme aims to cope with a growing shortage of maternity wards and staff in public hospitals as an increasing number of mainland pregnant women come to Hong Kong to seek better medical service, a permanent residency for their children in the special administrative region, or to dodge mainland's one-child policy.
About 41,000 out of the 88,000 babies born last year in Hong Kong belonged to mainland women, according to Henry Tang Ying-yen, chief secretary for administration.
Tang said the number was expected to surge to 50,000 a year in the near future.
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