Beijing running out of maternity hospital beds
It’s widely understood that “guanxi” or connections are important when doing business in China.
But for 17 million pregnant mothers, they have found out how “guanxi” is also absolutely crucial in helping them secure a maternity ward bed in the country.
In heavily pregnant Beijing, the dragon-year pre-natal crush is being compounded by the ever increasing numbers of white-collar migrant, expectant mothers.
Every maternity hospital bed is reportedly booked through August, and the situation has become so desperate that Beijing has decreed that hospitals give priority to mothers who were themselves born in the capital.
The dragon baby boom is also putting additional pressure on the already overcrowded and understaffed clinics in Beijing which sees an average of about 140 pre-natal mothers undergoing examination each day.
But there’s more to this year’s increased birthrate than just an auspicious Chinese zodiac sign.
The growth of the migrant population in the capital is also a factor.
Migrant workers now account for more than one third of the city’s population.
In fact, 100,000 of the 190,000 babies born in Beijing last year were from migrant parents.
And these days, more and more migrants are actually white collar professionals who form such a sizeable portion of the population that the number of expectant mothers among them is giving rise to businesses that offer preparatory courses for affluent mothers.
Beijing Wismom Educational Technology Company’s CEO, Xin Yongjian, said: “In big cities like Beijing and Shanghai, most of the white-collar workers are from other cities. Their parents are not with them. It is a stressful time. The mother has no family by her side during pregnancy. Our clubs are a professional way of helping them cope.”
From mommy yoga to other health-related courses, mothers pay a minimum of US$300 to become a member at this center.
It said about two-thirds of their members are from outside Beijing but are now living and working in the capital.
Ahhhh Dragon babies!!!
Sounds like too many Dragons and not enough Trojans?
Maybe Obama can offer up US maternity facilities to help the trading partner out?
MATERNITY HOSPITAL BEDS ARE SCARCE BC THEY ARE BEING USED UP BUY THE DRAGONS!!
PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON
It’s widely understood that “guanxi” or connections are important when doing business in China. But for 17 million pregnant mothers, they have found out how “guanxi” is also absolutely crucial in helping them secure a maternity ward bed in the country. In heavily pregnant Beijing, the dragon-year pre-natal crush is being compounded by the ever increasing numbers of white-collar migrant, expectant mothers. Every maternity hospital bed is reportedly booked through August, and the situation has become so desperate that Beijing has decreed that hospitals give priority to mothers who were themselves born in the capital.
TROJANS WERE NEVER CONSIDERED IN THE ALMIGHTY DRAGON DEAL BUT I GET YOUR MEANING!! THE (TROJAN) HORSE AND THE DRAGON SHARE THE MOST EXXCITING AND STRONGEST SEXUAL ATTRACTION AND CONNECTION=LOTS OF BABIES!! 🙁 IT WAS MORE LIKE GET KNOCKED UP ANY WITCH WAY YUE CAN TO CONCEIVE THE LITTLE DRAGON AND DEAL WITH THE REST AT A MUCH LATER DATE!! IT IS THAT LATER DATE=FRIDAY 13 IS UPON US AND THERE ARE NO BLOODY MATERNITY BEDS!! THE SPIN DOCTORS OF CNBC SHOULD’VE SEEN THIS COMING AND TURNED THE DRAGON PARADIGM UPSIDE DOWN BUY PROMOTING THE BOTTOM OF THE BARRELL SIGN AS THE BEST AND TAKING DOWN THE IMPERIAL SIGN OF THE DRAGON TO SHREDS AND MASS UNPOPULARITY!! THAT IS WHAT THEY DUE BEST!! 🙂
WHO’S THE PROUDEST MONKEY?? THE MONKEY IS THE ONLEE SIGN ON THE CHINESE ZODIAC THAT CAN OUTWIT THE DRAGON AND THE REASON WHY DRAGONS LIKE TO STAY CLEAR OF THEM AS IT LOWERS THEIR IMPERIAL POSITION!! THE SNAKE IS LEAST DESIRABLE FOLLOWED BY THE PIG BUT THE MONKEY DOES NOT RANK TOO HIGH ON THE SCALE!! 🙁
…and if the monkey misbehaves, it gets……spanked…..which is what childbearing age Chinese females should have done lest they conceive.
Will you be at Dave Matthews at the Gorge later in the summer?
VERY FUNNY!! HA HA I WENT TO OVER 10 DAVE MATTHEWS CONCERTS ALL OUTSIDE BC I CANNOT GO TO INDOOR CONCERTS. WILL I BE AT THE GORGE LATER IN THE SUMMER, MAYBE YES AND MAYBE NOT=ONLEE TIME WILL TELL YUE “ANONYMOUS”!! 🙂