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    Poland shuts maternity wards as birth rates plunge

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    1. Malinnus on

      But how? We are not helping pregnant woment out of fear for fetus’s health and making them “give birth” even to dead babies. We should make not being pregnant illegal next! Them lazy women are just too comfy to have babies

      /s (i shouldnt need it but lets be safe)

    3. Karol-A on

      Is it next maternity wards? I remember this being a thing a few months ago as well. I wish I could abort my government they’re just an absolute flop

    4. Special-Ad-4664 on

      According to the latest poll, 40% of Poles support the current government. Personally, I find this inhumane – Poland already has problems with declining birth rates, and they’re making conditions for having children even worse while gradually dismantling the public healthcare system.
      As they say: “aby lewakom dupa bolała”

    6. Zdzisiu on

      “Average occupancy in maternity units stood at under 60 percent in 2024. ”

      It sounds like it’s just not needed to have that many and fewer do the same job.

    7. szansky on

      because births dropped from over 400k to around 240k and wards are half empty so the system just cant sustain it financially

    8. Zek0ri on

      My friend went into labor yesterday she had to drive 60 kilometres to the nearest delivery room because in the two nearest district towns have only emergency medical services.

      I think that as soon as we cut healthcare funding even further, the health service will finally start to function properly /s

    9. Much_Temperature2809 on

      This is a huge mistake, it’s as if they don’t want the demographic crisis to end. They should be investing in maternity wards, and increasing their quality, not just shutting everything down. Every country is trying to overturn its aging population, and these politicians are just shutting them down? What if the numbers (everyone hopes that) go up? There won’t be infrastructure to even support that?