Crossing the border to give birth

Submitted by Sonagi92 on Fri, 2006-12-22 03:01. ::
 
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong has doubled medical charges for non-resident mothers giving birth in the city in an effort to stem a flood of mainland Chinese women from further crowding public maternity wards.

Hong Kong's Hospital Authority says 30 percent of babies delivered in Hong Kong are born to non-native mothers, mostly from China, who are attracted by the territory's cheap, modern and well-run public hospitals.

Read the rest here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061221/hl_nm/hongkong_medical_births_dc

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