Viele Krankenhäuser in China stellen die Entbindung von Neugeborenen ein, da die Geburtenrate sinkt
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/many-hospitals-china-stop-newborn-delivery-services-birth-rate-drops-2024-03-19/
Viele Krankenhäuser in China stellen die Entbindung von Neugeborenen ein, da die Geburtenrate sinkt
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/many-hospitals-china-stop-newborn-delivery-services-birth-rate-drops-2024-03-19/
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The Fifth People’s Hospital of Ganzhou City in Jiangxi said on its official WeChat account that obstetric services would be suspended from March 11.
Zhejiang’s Jiangshan Hospital of Traditional Medicine announced on its WeChat page that its obstetrics business would stop from Feb. 1.
The closures come as Chinese policymakers grapple with how to boost young couples‘ desire to have children as authorities face a growing demographic headache of a rapidly [ageing society](https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-ageing-population-threatens-switch-new-economic-growth-model-2024-01-18/).
China’s population [fell for a second consecutive](https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-population-drops-2nd-year-raises-long-term-growth-concerns-2024-01-17/) year in 2023 as the record-low birth rate and high deaths due to COVID-19 accelerated a downturn that officials fear will have profound long-term effects on the economy’s growth potential.