It may have been a frosty welcome, but the dramatic birth of a British baby on a snowy roadside has warmed hearts as the country shivers in a blast of freezing weather. The child was named Sienna but quickly earned her own social media hashtag "#A66snowbaby", referencing the name of the road in northern England where her mother Daniella Waring gave birth on Thursday morning with the help of her husband Andrew, after heavy snow impeded their dash to hospital. "The weather was very bad and I struggled to find somewhere to pull over and barely had time to ring 999 (emergency services) when the baby started coming," Andrew Waring said, according to details released by Great North Air Ambulance service. "Having been present at the birth of our two other children I just copied what I had seen then. "I opened the passenger door and knelt in the snow to deliver the baby." Paramedics arrived soon after and tended to mother and newborn before rushing them to Darlington Memorial Hospital … [Read more...] about Baby born on British roadside after snow blocks hospital dash
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Over 19,000 babies born during week-long Lunar New Year holiday
A total of 19,062 babies were born during the Lunar New Year holiday from February 14 to 20. (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – A total of 19,062 babies were born during the Lunar New Year holiday from February 14 to 20, according to Luong Ngoc Khue, Director of the Medical Service Administration under the Health Ministry. Khue said reports from hospitals and health authorities nationwide showed more than 218,000 patients received medical checks and treatment during the period. Medical establishments nationwide treated 37,376 victims of traffic accidents in the seven-day period, and 197 victims of firecrackers. This year’s Tet saw a drop in the numbers of traffic accidents and fatalities, at 218 cases and 195 deaths, but a surge in firecracker accidents.-VNA … [Read more...] about Over 19,000 babies born during week-long Lunar New Year holiday
Baby taken from wartime orphanage returns home for first Vietnamese New Year
A woman in her late 60s walked slowly towards the door as a guest arrived. “Hello mom,” he said in the simple English that she could understand. It was the first “mom” that Le Thi Anh, 67, had heard from her son in nearly half a century, and it was enough to make her burst into tears. Her son was among 100 babies rescued from an orphanage in Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975 during Operation Mercy Airlift, organized by the Daily Mail. "I didn't want to abandon you," Anh told her son via an interpreter. Anh, who lives in Quy Nhon in central Vietnam, said she had an accident in 1975 and was hospitalized for more than two months. Her family brought her baby to the hospital to be breastfed every day, until her parents died and her husband left. With the general chaos that ensued at the end of the war, other relatives put the baby into an orphanage and the nuns later moved him to Saigon without telling Anh. When Anh finally arrived in the southern … [Read more...] about Baby taken from wartime orphanage returns home for first Vietnamese New Year
Baby suspected of being smothered by sleeping father
A two-month-old baby in the southern city of Binh Duong has been allegedly smothered to death by its sleeping father who had gone to bed after drinking. Police arrive the hospital to investigate the death of the baby on June 21. Binh Duong Provincial Police Department said on June 21 that they were investigating the death of a two-month-old baby girl in Di An Ward.According to initial investigations, the baby was brought to Hoan Hao General Hospital at 7.30 am. Doctors at the hospital said that the baby died before it was taken to hospital.The baby's mother said that her daughter had no health problems. At 5am that day she breastfed her before going to work at a nearby market. She laid the baby next to her husband who was asleep. And she returned after a while to find her baby bleeding from the nose and turning pale and motionless while the father was still sleeping.Police said that the baby might have been accidentally smothered by the sleeping father. … [Read more...] about Baby suspected of being smothered by sleeping father
At Saigon orphanage, babies are left with no names and lots of questions
It was a cold winter night and the stray dogs were barking endlessly. It wasn't unusual for the dogs in this rural village on the outskirts of Saigon to be noisy, but there was something about their tone that night that prompted a guard to go and check. He flashed his torch at the window of a nearby orphanage and spotted a small plastic basket. Inside was a screaming baby, a little bit bigger than an ear of corn and wrapped in an old towel. The umbilical cord was still hanging from her belly, and she was bruised, wrinkled and cold. The watchful guard quickly woke the staff inside the house, and they attempted to warm the tiny baby up by hugging and massaging her, but to no avail. Eventually, they had to drive the baby more than 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) to a major hospital, where she was treated for pneumonia. She’s a healthy two-year-old now, and lives with more than 60 other children who have been left at the orphanage over the past seven years. The orphanage is named … [Read more...] about At Saigon orphanage, babies are left with no names and lots of questions
Prime Mum-ister: New Zealand PM says she’s having a baby
The 37-year-old, who was sworn in last October, made global headlines when she slapped down pre-election questions over whether she intended to start a family, insisting pregnancy had no bearing on a woman's career opportunities. Ardern was all smiles Friday as she appeared with partner Clarke Gayford at their home to announce the "unexpected but exciting" news of their first baby. "Clark and I are really exited to share...that in June we are looking forward to welcoming our first child," she told reporters. "We still have to get used to saying that out loud because we’ve been keeping that to ourselves for quite a long time." The charismatic leader enjoyed a rapid rise to the top ranks of politics, winning office last year just months after taking the helm of the centre-left Labor Party. "We thought 2017 was a big year!" she tweeted. "This year we'll join the many parents who wear two hats. I'll be PM and a mum while Clarke will be 'first man of fishing' and stay at home … [Read more...] about Prime Mum-ister: New Zealand PM says she’s having a baby
Vietnam’s Nutifood earn US approval for baby nutrition drink
A nutritional dairy food manufacturer has become the first-ever 100 percent Vietnamese company to earn approval for the export of special nutrition products to the U.S. Nutrition Food JSC, or Nutifood, will have its ready-to-drink special nutrition formula for children with oral aversions, branded Pedia Plus, on sale at 300 supermarkets in the U.S. starting this year, following an agreement closed Thursday with U.S. food product supplier Delori. Oral aversion is a symptom of reluctance, avoidance, or fear of eating, such as a baby's refusal to breastfeed. Nutifood has become the first Vietnamese firm that is entirely domestically owned to be permitted to export this product type to the U.S. Nutifood chairman Tran Thanh Hai (left) and Delori chairman Jaime Brown sign the agreement at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on January 18, 2018. Photo: Tuoi Tre Nutifood chairman Tran Thanh Hai said it took the company more than a year to negotiate with its American partner and invest in … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s Nutifood earn US approval for baby nutrition drink
Lactalis CEO breaks silence over salmonella-tainted baby milk
Emmanuel Besnier, giving his first interview in nearly 20 years as head of the family-controlled company, told the Journal du Dimanche newspaper that the recall involved more than 12 million packages of Picot, Milumel, Celia and other brands of powdered baby milk."We are going to draw the lessons from this crisis and set out an even stricter hygiene framework, in collaboration with the authorities," he said.Asked why he had not publicly addressed earlier parents' concerns as worries about the outbreak intensified, Besnier said: "It's true, by nature I'm not very forthcoming.""In a crisis like this, we act first, and perhaps I didn't take the necessary time to explain things."A total of 37 babies have fallen ill in France as a result of the contamination, health authorities said late Friday, along with a case in Spain and a suspected case in Greece.But Besnier said no new cases had been reported since December 8, a week after the recall was announced.The French government welcomed the … [Read more...] about Lactalis CEO breaks silence over salmonella-tainted baby milk
France decries ‘dysfunction’ in baby milk recall
French President Emmanuel Macron added his voice to calls for those responsible to be punished.Lactalis, one of the world's largest producers of dairy products, in December issued a recall of all products made at its factory in Craon, northwest France, after discovering salmonella bacteria at the site.But several French retailers admitted this week that they had continued to sell the manufacturer's affected products even after the ban."This is a major dysfunction in the withdrawal and recall by the operators who bear the responsibility," French Agriculture Minister Stephane Travert told a news conference.Supermarket chain Carrefour said on Wednesday it had sold 434 boxes of baby milk produced by Lactalis that should have been withdrawn and Systeme-U admitted to selling 384 boxes. Earlier Leclerc said it had sold 984 affected Lactalis products since the recall and Auchan 52.Hypermarket chain Casino, which also owns the Franprix and Geant franchises, was the latest to come forward on … [Read more...] about France decries ‘dysfunction’ in baby milk recall
New-born baby found dead on plane in Indonesia
Hani, a 37-year-old migrant worker from Cianjur in West Java, was held soon after arriving from Bangkok at Soekarno-Hatta airport around 1:00 am, said airport police chief Ahmad Yusef."She didn't look healthy and won't be questioned until she is fit. The woman is now at the airport's health centre," Yusef told AFP.Police suspect that Hani, who had worked as a domestic helper in Abu Dhabi for four years, secretly gave birth during an Etihad flight from there to Jakarta on Saturday.Around four hours after take-off she began bleeding, forcing the captain to divert to Bangkok."The woman was in economy class but then laid on a business-class seat with an oxygen mask. The captain then announced we should divert to Bangkok," passenger Francesco Calore told AFP.A medical team boarded the plane to evacuate Hani after the Airbus A330 landed at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport, he added.The flight left for Jakarta around an hour later without the sick woman, who flew home on a later … [Read more...] about New-born baby found dead on plane in Indonesia