The number of births fell last year to 155,418, as compared to 180,735 newborns in 2021, the Asociatia Prematurilor (Preterm Association) in a press release on Monday.According to the source, as many as 25,887 premature newborns were registered.In Bucharest alone, 2,990 premature babies were born, compared to the data reported in 2022, when there were 1,376 premature births.According to the association's representatives, 6,284 children were born to young mothers under 18, as follows: mothers aged 12 - 27 newborns, 13 - 104, 14 - 496, 15 - 1,114, 16 - 1,968, 17 - 2,575, and 3,608 newborns had mothers aged 18."These demographic data reveal that, in the long term, society will have an ageing population, and the increasing number of premature births is associated with major risks at birth, prolonged hospitalization, increasing costs for the public health system and for families, risk of postpartum depression, and risks in long-term neuro-motor development associated with prematurity. (...) These statistics show that we urgently need some new health policies regarding the support given to state maternity wards, both by expanding the premature wards, significant investments in modern equipment and medical supplies and by increasing the competencies of the national level grade II maternity wards so that they can treat extreme premature infants of 22, 23, 24, even 27 weeks with severe complications at birth, without requesting transfer to university and regional units," said Diana Gamulescu, founder of the Asociatia Prematurilor, quoted in the press release.According to her, Romania needs more neonatal medical staff, programs and measures to prevent pregnancies in underage mothers.
Romania was formally designated the 43rd country to join the US Visa Waiver Program (VWP) on Friday, January 10. According to the Romanian ambassador to Washington, Andrei Muraru, Romanian citizens will be able to travel to the US without the need for a visa starting March 31, 2025. "Romania becomes the first country in the […]
Cluj-Napoca, the city in Romania with some of the highest rents and a fast-growing IT industry, is closer to banning smoking in playgrounds and parks after mayor Emil Boc expressed his support for the measure. The mayor cited the prioritization of public health as the reason behind such a ban. He mentioned that he has […]
Romania's Sibiu County Emergency Clinical Hospital will receive a robotic system to prepare cytostatic drugs needed by cancer patients, along with other equipment, after the County Council obtained funds from the European Regional Development Fund. With an estimated value of EUR 1 million, the "Robotic Composition System for Sterile Preparations of Cytostatic Drugs" is among […]
Romania’s government adopted in its January 10 meeting a decision granting an extra day off to public sector employees at the beginning of May. Thus, Friday, May 2, will be an official day off for public sector workers, linking the legal holiday of May 1 (Labor Day) with the weekend (May 3-4). This...
The Ministry of Environment announced that 2024 was the hottest year in the history of Romania's meteorological records. Red alerts for heat waves began in June of 2024, with the longest consecutive periods of persistent and intense heat waves, six consecutive days, between July 13-18 and August 15-20. "The year 2024 is the hottest year...
Supporters of former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu gathered outside the Parliament Palace in Bucharest, which houses the Constitutional Court, on January 10, demanding a rerun of the second round of the presidential elections. The protest, dubbed "The Great Judicial Union," was initiated by Georgescu, who called on his supporters to challenge the election annulment, as […]
