Maternity wards full across Czech Republic

Hospital records show that the number of baby births this summer is already breaking records set last year. Maternity wards across the country are filled with new mothers and babies, and some hospitals are having to reject women set to give birth because of a lack of space. The director of one of Prague's maternity wards where over 400 women are registered to give birth in July and August says that the increase in babies is the result of high birthrates in the 1970s—these people are now starting families of their own. Experts say that the higher number of babies will last another two to three years, and then level-off again.