Hospital and Medical News

January 04, 2013

Natural birth a tough sell in China's caesarean boom
Beijing (AFP) Jan 4, 2013
As an automatic piano chimed a wedding march, new mother Wang Dan walked down a red carpet towards a hospital room called the "White House", minutes after giving birth in a candlelit water pool. The suite is adorned with an enormous rococo style sofa and a Mona Lisa portrait, and 28-year-old Wang, who gave birth to a son, said: "I wanted to stay in the White House because it's large and well decorated." But Wang's presidentially-themed chamber at Beijing's Antai hospital - an expensive private ... read more

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