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9-year-old saves his newborn brother from kidnapping

The young boy followed the abductor as she tried to leave the hospital with his baby brother.

Published: 1 August 2016 17:10 CEST
9-year-old saves his newborn brother from kidnapping
Photo: DPA

A nine-year old saved his newborn brother from being abducted by a 34-year-old woman at the Mariahilf Hospital in Hamburg on Friday afternoon, reports Die Welt.

“The suspect entered the room of the mother, who was asleep, at the time of the crime, and took the newborn from the bed next to her”, said police spokesperson Ulf Wundrack.

But the mother’s nine-year-old son caught the woman in the act and followed her, as she was heading for the hospital exit.

The boy confronted her while she was still inside the hospital building, and she then handed him the child.

When hospital employees noticed the boy with the baby in his arms, he told them what had happened.

“The 34-year-old was stopped and arrested while she was inside the hospital. She seemed mentally unstable and was handed over to the psychiatric emergency unit”, said Wundrack.

The woman’s motives are still unclear. However, she was already known to police for other offences.

police investigations are ongoing.

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STATISTICS

Norway saw fewer hospital patients in 2020 despite pandemic

Fewer patients were treated in hospital in 2020 than in 2019, with Covid-19 being the reason for the drop, according to Statistics Norway.

Published: 13 April 2021 16:25 CEST
Norway saw fewer hospital patients in 2020 despite pandemic
Illustration photo by Audun Braastad / AFP)

The decline in patients has been largest for those awaiting planned treatments, but the number of people requiring immediate attention also dropped too, according to Statistics Norway figures.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, hospitals had to prioritise differently in 2020 as a result of the increased need for intensive care units.

“2020 was a year marked by pandemics and restrictions. In many places hospitals have had to prioritise differently due to the coronavirus, and perhaps particularly as the result of the increased need for intensive care,” the report said.

This has contributed to a decrease in the number of patients in hospitals at all levels of care.

The number of patients with 24-hour stays decreased by 7 percent. The total number of days spent in hospital fell by 11 percent or 380,000 fewer days in a hospital bed in 2020 compared to 2019.

Hospital stays lasting at least 24 hours include both planned and unplanned visits. In 2020 planned visits accounted for 29 percent of all visits, which is a decrease of 16 percent from the previous year, while visits for immediate appointments decreased by 3 percent.

READ ALSO: Norwegian senior medic calls for geographical division of Covid-19 restrictions

The figures show a decline for almost all diagnostic groups, but cancer patients had a smaller decline than other groups.

Planned treatment of various forms of cancer decreased by 8 percent, but acute help for tumours saw an increase of 11 percent.

This reverses a trend of numbers of patients in hospitals increasing year on year. The increases had primarily been driven by patients at outpatient clinics.

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