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Some topical articles from the South China Morning Post:

Nursing mothers on the rise

1st August 2010



Breastfeeding is becoming more popula… Continue

From the Consumer Council : 15 June 2010

Maternity services in private hospitals have expanded both
in price and in luxury.

This was borne out in two separate surveys conducted by the Consumer Council on maternity packages in private hospitals in 2002 and 2010 respectively.

According to the surveys, a basic maternity package, for normal delivery, has gone up by mostly over 10% to nearly 50% in price since 2002.

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From today's SCMP

SWINE FLU
Ng Yuk-hang
Jan 26, 2010

Four more pregnant women have lost their babies after getting the swine flu jab, but a senior health official considers miscarriage a "trivial" condition and disclosed the occurrences only after inquiries by the media yesterday.

Centre for Health Protection controller Dr Thomas Tsang Ho-fai said the women, aged 28 to 37, had miscarried two weeks to a month after receiving the vaccine between December 23 and January 6.

The centre received t… Continue

From the SCMP:

Ng Kang-chung
Oct 09, 2009

Mainlanders hoping to give birth in Hong Kong's public hospitals in the next three months will have to change their plans, as bookings have been suspended until the end of the year.

The Hospital Authority, which announced the suspension yesterday, said it would ensure that demand from local expectant mothers could be met during the busiest period of the year. However, bookings for delivery dates after December would still be accepted, the authority sa… Continue

Celine Sun,
Sep 17, 2009

Breast cancer, the most deadly cancer for Hong Kong women, might be more likely to strike those who do not exercise or who have not breastfed children before, a study has shown.

The Hong Kong Breast Cancer Foundation released the city's first breast cancer registry report yesterday. It showed that 74 per cent of female breast cancer sufferers exercised for less than three hours a week and 64 per cent had never breastfed children.

The foundation collated information fr… Continue