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TOP NEWS | Sunday, 14 December 2008

High Caesarean rates put doctors under the spotlight

With over a third of births delivered as Caesarean sections, our hospital practices raise questions on how lightly this major surgery is being taken

Matthew Vella
Malta has officially one of Europe’s highest rates of Caesarean sections – over a third of nationwide deliveries – a statistic that is raising questions over the country’s approach towards childbirth, especially within private hospitals. >>

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Climate change: let’s get real

The United States’ willingness to take the lead on climate change, as expressed by the former presidential candidate, John Kerry, at the UN’s climate change conference last Friday in Poznan, can only be applauded..>>

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Fear thy lecturers
It might be too early for newly appointed University Ombudsman Prof. Charles Farrugia to point fingers at the shortcomings of the country’s highest education institutions, but one thing already stands out: it’s fear >>


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