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A sixth baby has died from injuries sustained on August 16 when a fire broke out in the intensive care unit of a Bucharest maternity, leaving five newborns dead and six others severely injured.

Romanian deputies adopted Tuesday, with 216 "pros," 2 "cons" and 4 abstentions, a legislative initiative, which stipulates that women who give birth to twins, triplets or multiples will receive for each baby an additional indemnity of 600 lei (EUR1=RON4.1548) starting with the second child.

One eight month old baby in eastern Romanian city Galati died Sunday morning when his father, aged 50, struck him over the head to stop him from crying.

Romanian democrat liberal deputy Mircia Giurgiu will submit to Parliament on Monday a draft law stipulating women who give birth to twins or multiples will receive for each baby the childbirth indemnity and the child benefit, which are now paid for one baby.

A woman who thought was pregnant with twins had a stillborn two-headed baby with severe malformations at a maternity in Oradea, western Romania.

Girls aged 11 to 15 had over 2,000 babies in Romania last year, according to statistics of the Health Ministry.

Employees of a hotel in eastern Romanian city Pascani discovered, in the false ceiling of a room, the body of a baby, in advanced state of decay. The suspects in this case are a man and a woman who used the room three weeks ago.