Health risk warning to new mums
MOTHERS who become pregnant less than a year after giving birth could be putting their health and that of their child at risk, according to a new study.
A gap of 12 to 18 months between pregnancies is safest for both mother and child and avoids such risks as stillbirth, low weight and maternal death, it found.
Experts from Harvard, in the US, and the University of British Columbia, in Canada, say the findings are particularly important for older mothers trying to have several children quickly.
Study leader Dr Laura Schummers said the research had ‘found increased risks to both mother and infant’.
IT stands at nearly twice the height of the Statue of Liberty and makes Nelson’s Column look like a molehill.
Towering over the workmen scurrying around on its sandalled feet, this is the world’s tallest statue – a skyscraping 597ft.
The £318million Statue of Unity depicts statesman Sardar Patel, who played a key role in unifying India after independence in 1947.
It has been built in a remote corner of Gujarat state, a construction project that has taken 3,000 workers nearly four years.
The statue required 5,700 tons of structural steel, 18,500 tons of steel rods, 22,500 tons of bronze sheets, and millions of tons of cement.
An observation deck at chest level can hold up to 200 visitors at a time. Officials expect it to bring in 15,000 tourists a day, and its creators say it has been designed to withstand gale-force winds and earthquakes. It trumps the 502ft Spring Temple Buddha in China, formerly the world’s tallest.
The Statue of Unity is a flagship project of India’s prime minister Narendra Modi, who is due to unveil it tomorrow. However, he has been warned to stay away by angry locals who have complained about damage to the environment and the vast sums spent on the statue when the area does not have enough schools and hospitals.