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Women should not travel for hours to give birth | Letters from readers

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The GuardianAgosto 16, 2026Tingnan ang Pinagmulan

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De nombreuses femmes enceintes doivent voyager longtemps pour accoucher.

Many pregnant women must travel for a long time to give birth.

De nombreuses→many/numerousfemmes→womenenceintes→pregnantdoivent→mustvoyager→to travellongtemps→long timepour→for/toaccoucher→to give birth
La fermeture des hôpitaux locaux crée de grands risques pour leur santé.

The closure of local hospitals creates great risks for their health.

fermeture→closuredes→of thehôpitaux→hospitalslocaux→localcrée→createsgrands→great/bigrisques→riskspour→forleur→theirsanté→health
Dans certaines régions rurales, les distances sont devenues très longues.

In certain rural regions, the distances have become very long.

Dans→Incertaines→certain/somerégions→regionsrurales→ruralsont devenues→have becometrès→verylongues→long
Par exemple, les habitants de Cumbria font face à des retards de trafic.

For example, residents of Cumbria face traffic delays.

Par exemple→For examplehabitants→residents/inhabitantsde→offont face→face/are facingà→todes→someretards→delaystrafic→traffic
Parfois, il faut attendre deux heures pour avoir une ambulance.

Sometimes, one must wait two hours to get an ambulance.

Parfois→Sometimesil faut→one must/it is necessaryattendre→to waitdeux→twoheures→hourspour→for/toavoir→to have/to get
Les coupes budgétaires dans la maternité forcent les familles à choisir des options difficiles.

Budget cuts in maternity care force families to choose difficult options.

coupes→cutsbudgétaires→budgetarydans→inmaternité→maternityforcent→forcefamilles→familiesà→tochoisir→to choosedes→somedifficiles→difficult
Des bébés pourraient naître sur le bord de la route.

Babies could be born on the side of the road.

Des→Somebébés→babiespourraient→couldnaître→be bornsur→onbord→edge/sidede→ofroute→road
Cette situation n'est pas unique à une seule ville du Royaume-Uni.

This situation is not unique to only one city in the United Kingdom.

Cette→Thisn'est pas→is notà→toune→oneseule→single/onlyville→citydu→of theRoyaume-Uni→United Kingdom
Les gens demandent plus de services médicaux près de chez eux.

People are asking for more medical services near their homes.

gens→peopledemandent→ask/demandplus→morede→ofmédicaux→medicalprès→nearde→ofchez eux→their homes
Il est important de protéger les mères et leurs futurs enfants.

It is important to protect mothers and their future children.

est→isde→toprotéger→to protectmères→motherset→andleurs→theirfuturs→futureenfants→children
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accoucher
to give birth
"Elle va accoucher à l'hôpital demain."
fermeture
closure
"La fermeture de l'école est temporaire."
retard
delay
"Le train a un retard de trente minutes."
attendre
to wait
"Nous devons attendre le bus."
naître
to be born
"Mon frère va naître en septembre."
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