Childhood

Doctors at "Pirogov" Hospital successfully extracted a bullet from the brain of a 2-year-old child who was airlifted from Vratsa following a tragic shooting incident. The medical facility confirmed the successful operation, shedding light on the delicate procedure performed by Prof. Nikolay Gabrovski's skilled team.

In a troubling trend, the number of professionals opting for pediatrics positions have declined as repeated compulsory service and violence against doctors make the specialty undesirable.

While 17 universities had no pediatrics in their specialty preferences, applications for pediatric sub-specialties remained at 10 percent.

Families who see their child's success as a way out are going to great lengths to make their children famous, raising questions about the exploitative nature of this intense pursuit.

An administrative inquiry has been ordered into the death of a 15-month-old boy at the Bodossakeio General Hospital of Ptolemaida, northern Greece, last week, to determine why the child did not receive specialist care earlier. 

The infant was rushed to Ptolemaida's hospital by its parents on the morning of New Year's Day with a fever and diagnosed with the flu. 

The Education Ministry plans to bolster procedures for diagnosing learning disorders in children. The aim, Kathimerini understands, is to bring in more permanent staff to the country's Diagnostic, Assessment, Counseling and Support Centers (KEDASY) for people with special education needs instead of temps who are hired to fill gaps.

The "children in safe teams" of the Family and Social Services Ministry has determined that 42,306 children who live, work or beg on the streets are at risk of not having a physically and mentally healthy life and receiving education as a result of its six-year field survey and study.

The Family and Social Services Ministry has established a mechanism for wet nursing for unaccompanied babies who lost their families in the Feb. 6 quakes.

Capri Isidoro broke down in tears sitting on a chair at the office of a lactation consultant. The mother of two had been struggling to breastfeed her 1-month-old daughter ever since she was born, when the hospital gave the baby formula first without consulting her on her desire to breastfeed.

Ljubljana – Novo Mesto Bishop Andrej Saje, the head of the Slovenian Bishops’ Conference, apologised on Sunday to the victims of sexual abuse by clergy on behalf of the Catholic Church in Slovenia, as he marked the day of prayer for such victims.

On its 75th anniversary, UNICEF warned that COVID-19 is rolling back virtually every measure of progress for children, including a staggering 100 million more children being plunged into poverty.