Doctors refute the hyperlink between rising toddler mortality in France and small constructions closings | EUROtoday

Doctors refute the hyperlink between rising toddler mortality in France and small constructions closings
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Kays, 4 months, during a pediatric visit to the small maternity hospital at the Saint-Amand-Montrond (Cher) hospital center on May 19, 2025.

A “Shortcut”A “Absolute misinterpretation”A ” lie “… Adopted at first studying within the National Assembly, on May 15, the invoice defending a moratorium Three years on maternity closings – closings accused of contributing to the rise in toddler mortality – by no means ceases to react, within the medical world. The textual content, carried by the deputy (Partitu di a Nazione Corsa, autonomist) of Corsica-du-Sud Paul-André Colombani, reopened the controversy across the existence of small maternities, at a time when France is illustrated by dangerous leads to the sphere of perinatal health-the toddler mortality charge (between 0 and 1 12 months) reached 4.1 ‰ in 2024, in line with INSEE, relegating France to 23e rank of the 27 states of the European Union.

But, within the ranks of medical doctors, the hyperlink thus drawn up between childish mortality and closure of small maternities doesn’t must be, one disputes within the ranks of the French society of perinatal medication, or in these of neonatalogy and pediatrics. Same warning from the union of obstetrician gynecologists.

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