The worst fears came true.
Obviously, it is the opportunity to give birth to a dragon child in the Year of the Dragon, which is only encountered once in 12 years, but it did not usher in a wave of fertility, but ushered in a wave of closure of obstetrics and gynecology hospitals.
Remember the gynecology hospital in the early years?
Seven or eight pregnant women in the hospital corridor are waiting for delivery, and it is good luck to be able to arrange a midwife, and it is even exaggerated to the point that it is necessary to "give gifts" to have beds.
But now it is difficult to find a bed, and even the door is cold, and the gynecologist is even more blunt: I will be unemployed soon!
What the hell is going on?
Before the halfway point of 2024 is over, a number of hospitals have issued announcements announcing the closure of obstetrics and gynecology departments.
At the beginning of the year, Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine issued an announcement saying that the hospital would shut down its department-related business.
Recently, the Fifth People's Hospital of Ganzhou City also issued an announcement saying that obstetric services will be suspended from March 11, 2024.
At the same time, Nanfang Hospital of Dingnan County in Ganzhou no longer carried out projects such as four-dimensional color ultrasound and prenatal screening.
The suspension of obstetric services was also announced by the Jiangshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Zhejiang Province.
This is only the hospital that has announced the closure of obstetrics so far in 2024, and as early as last year, the news of the closure of obstetrics in many hospitals has attracted widespread attention.
Recently, Duan Tao, a well-known obstetrician and gynecology surgeon, posted a tearful post on the Internet called "Save Obstetrics", which was instantly on the hot search once it was released.
"What you're worried about is that there are fewer people giving birth, and I'm worried about the collapse of the obstetrics department. ”
I used to be able to deliver eight or nine newborns in one night, and even the rest time was pieced together.
And now the irony is that obstetricians are no longer sitting down to discuss how to deliver a baby, but what to do in obstetrics?
As there are fewer and fewer newborns in obstetrics, there is sometimes not a single delivery for days.
Forced to "change jobs"
According to the news, many obstetricians and nurses have been successively assigned to other departments.
The medical staff who remain can only survive on a meagre basic salary, and many staff feel helpless and confused about their future work.
And many medical staff continue to speak out on the Internet, hoping to arouse the attention of netizens to the current situation of population fertility.
At the same time, it is also hoped that young people can actively give birth and maintain the healthy development of society.
However, with the development of society, people's conception of fertility has also changed.
In the past, no matter how poor people were, there were at least three or four children in a family, why are young people reluctant to have children now that the economy is developed?
Some netizens said:
"The main reason is that at that time, women had a low status and had no other choice but to take care of the baby at home. ”
"You can live a good life alone, why have children?"
In the past, women were not allowed to go to school, nor did they have the right to choose work, and all their financial resources came from their husbands, so they could only raise their children at home.
But times are different now, after graduating and entering the workforce, women can shine in their favorite fields, and they don't need others to support them financially, maybe not having children is a better choice.
A passage by Tsinghua Dr. Zhang Xiaohan on the Internet has caused heated discussions.
She said: "There is no plan to have children in the rest of my life, and it is too difficult to raise a child with a sound mind and high IQ.
And I have to work myself, I don't have time to take care of the children, and it is extremely irresponsible to leave the children to the elders or aunts.
So since you don't have time to be a responsible mother, don't have children. ”
Netizens called her "sober in the world" and agreed with her point of view.
Papi-chan once said in a show:
She has been married to her husband for nearly ten years, and she has never been to her mother-in-law's house, even during the Spring Festival, she goes back to her own house for the New Year, and her parents have never met, let alone interfere with the life of the husband and wife.
It is because of her mental and financial independence that she can choose the life she wants.
There are also netizens who expressed different opinions in the comments:
"In the past, one person's salary could support seven or eight people, but now it is difficult for young people to find a job. ”
"Raising a baby in the early years was a welfare, and now having a child is a burden!"
In the past, people often said that while you are young, you can take advantage of your youth and turn your bicycle into a motorcycle.
But you can't have it both ways, and although young people now have a spiritual quest for family happiness, the financial pressure of raising a baby is discouraging them.
After all, even if a celebrity raises a baby now, it is not easy at all.
Li Xiang revealed on the show: The casual pair of pants she bought for Wang Shiling was 40,000 yuan, and the teddy bear she bought was as high as 90,000 yuan, which deserved to be called "the top rich woman" by netizens.
Although ordinary people's raising a baby is not so luxurious, the cost of raising a child is not something that an ordinary young couple can afford.
In the past, children were just adding a pair of dishes and chopsticks to the family, as long as they were well fed and clothed, and they didn't get sick.
But now young people follow the rule: don't have children if you don't have money!
A million bloggers on a platform directly disclosed the accounting records of a series of expenses such as preparing for pregnancy, pregnancy, and waiting for delivery after the birth of the child, and there were more than 30,000 yuan!
Sina Weibo has also calculated that the average cost of raising children aged 0-17 in families across the country is more than 485,000 yuan!
But at the bottom of the comment area, there are still many second-born mothers who say, "It's too little!"
Internet celebrity Xu Xiaoying once complained: The cost of milk powder for her second child for 3 years is enough for the down payment of a small apartment, plus the cost of diapers for two years, it is directly enough to buy more than 50 grams of gold.
And that's just a part of the expenses before going to school, and it's hard to imagine how much money it would take to raise a Gold Eater as an adult!
Although all parts of the country have given a second child reward of 30,000 or 50,000 yuan to encourage childbirth, in terms of the huge cost of raising a baby, this is simply more sesame than watermelon.
summary
In fact, the low fertility rate affects not only the maternity hospital, but also the kindergarten next door that cannot recruit students.
Do you say that this child is born or not?
Information sources:
This article was originally published in the report of "Saving Obstetrics" published by Dr. Duan Tao on February 28, 2024.
China Film Report Douyin released a video on April 26, 2024 about "An obstetrician in Shanghai talks about obstetric changes".
This article was originally published in the "Announcement of Jiangshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine on the Suspension of Part of the Obstetric Business" issued by Jiangshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine on January 19, 2024.