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| | Midwifery Today Forums - HELP NEEDED IN FINLAND!! |
 | | One of then, Tammisaari http://www.vns-lus.fi/bb/, is close enough so that even people from the capital region can go there to give birth. |
 | | Last Monday, the CEO of the medical establishment of the Southern Finland, Helsingin ja Uudenmaan Sairaanhoitopiiri (HUS), announced that births in Tammisaari would be directed to the three large hospitals of the capital region, and one mid-sized one in Lohja (quite technological and medicalized, and does not have a children’s ward). |
 | | Together with many bodies (maternity wear and baby supply companies, Tammisaari hospital board itself, and an organization promoting breast-feeding in Finland (only 14 % of the 4 month-olds are fully breastfed in our country, compared to over 60% in neighboring Sweden) and some other concerned people) we are trying to reverse this decision. |
| www.midwiferytoday.com /forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5335 (316 words) |
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