The trend appeared to have started last year when some hospitals in China shut their obstetrics department, according to the media outlet, which also reported on the phenomenon in September.
And hospitals are continuing to shut down obstetrics departments this year.
Hospitals that have shut obstetrics departments this year include the Fifth People’s Hospital of Ganzhou City in the southeastern province of Jiangxi and the Jiangshan Hospital of Traditional Medicine in the eastern province of Zhejiang.
The Jiangxi hospital said in its notice its Wechat social media account that the closure was due to the institute’s “development plan,” while the Zhejiang facility said the decision was made based on business considerations.
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