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Current AffairsSwapped baby girls come home to stay
Nikolka and Veronika, two baby girls accidentally swapped at birth, are now
back with their biological parents. After an agonizing eight weeks their
parents took the plunge and finally swapped back their children.
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Current AffairsBaby swap at hospital uncovered nine months later
The story of two little girls who were exchanged at birth in a hospital
mix-up and ended-up living with strangers has shocked the nation and evoked
a wave of public sympathy for both sets of parents. On Thursday the two
families met face to face for the first time as did the two little girls
whose lives have become firmly intertwined.
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One on OneZuzana Stromerova - a champion of natural childbirth
Radio Prague's guest this week is Zuzana Stromerova, one of the country's
few private midwives. A champion of natural childbirths, Zuzana Stromerova
has been trying to convince the authorities for years that women should be
given a choice as to where and how they want to give birth to their
children. She is also behind the project of the Czech Republic's first
birth centre which is meant to provide a home-like alternative to
maternity hospitals. But although the Prague birth centre is ready to
welcome women who are about to give birth, the establishment is actually
not allowed to perform deliveries.
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Not sure how to give birth? It's on the internet! Not feeling well? You
need more health insurance cards! And, a black widow arrives unannounced
in the Czech Republic. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Ornithologists want to try to return the Golden Eagle to its natural
habitat in the Beskydy Mountains. Choosing your baby's sex - some Czechs
are going to the States to do it. And, young Czech men can now work as
au-pairs abroad. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Current AffairsParents and midwives protest in Prague for woman's right to give birth at home
Only a tiny minority of Czech women choose to give birth outside hospital,
but they should still be allowed to make a choice - or at least that's
what both the World Health Organisation and the European Union recommend.
But Czech women may soon be denied the choice of giving birth at home with
the assistance of a midwife - if the Senate approves a bill recently
passed by the lower house. On Tuesday, mothers and fathers with young
children and midwives gathered in the centre of Prague to protest against
the move. Pavla Horakova spoke there to midwife Zuzana Stromerova.
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