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Hospital’s delightful ‘tree of life’ celebrates every new baby birth with a named leaf

Nicknamed ‘the tree of life’, branches on the mural have been embellished with foil leaves bearing the name of a newly-born child. Szpital Zdroje Szczecin

Beata Szmidt, a midwife working at the hospital, said: “Each mother, after the birth of a child, receives a leaf with the name and date of birth of her child. Together with her partner, she can then place the leaf on a branch.”

Miracle premature baby goes home after ‘winning the fight for life’

Born after 26 weeks and weighing a mere 390 grams, the baby named Marta was discharged to her delighted parents last week weighing a healthy 2.5kg.

Today’s news round up in Poland

Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

Birth rate crashes in Poland

The birth rate in Poland has crashed from 700,000 babies born annually to around 350,000.

Births hit record low during pandemic

Poland's January birthrate fell to its lowest point in over ten years, a leading daily newspaper reported on Thursday.

Quintuplets born for first time in 14 years!

The five babies, four girls and one boy, were delivered through caesarean section in the mother’s 29th week of pregnancy.

Video captures adorable moment rare mouse-deer is born in Wrocław zoo

VIDEO: The black and white video shows the mother pacing around her enclosure before the little ball of fur pops out and immediately wants some TLC.

Coronavirus mum-in-a-coma gives birth to baby girl

The baby named Amelka was delivered via caesarean section two weeks ago at the University Clinical Hospital in Wroclaw where the mother, who was unaware she had given birth, is now said to be recovering.

Medical Miracle! Woman in vegetative state for 158 days gives birth to baby girl

Little Emilia was born on August 17, weighing a healthy 2.5 kilograms after tragedy struck and her mum Sylwia suffered a heart attack. Rushed to hospital, Sylwia’s heart was revived but by then she had suffered serious brain damage, and had descended into a vegetative state.

Mum gives birth to massive 7kg baby girl

Head of the hospital’s gynecology and obstetrics department said: “We expected the baby to be big, but not this big.”

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Poland sparks Russian anger as it begins changing Kaliningrad road signs to Królewiec

Posting on Twitter, the Ministry of Infrastructure said: “The first signs are already leading to Królewiec. We have just started replacing the boards so that they have Polish name Królewiec, not Kaliningrad.

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