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February 1st, 2013


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The Copenhagen Post’s daily digest of what the Danish dailies are reporting on their front pages

DSB to get a makeover

National rail operator DSB is going to go through a top-to-bottom makeover in the future, according to CEO Jesper Lok. Lok maintained that the current structural model of DSB no longer ensured the delivery of a reliable train service, while the organisation's internal organisation lacks financial transparency. DSB has promised to cut costs by one billion kroner a year, but experts doubt that DSB will survive the liberal EU rail markets of the future. – Børsen

Thorning-Schmidt forsaking her voters

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt (Socialdemokraterne) is going against her voters’ wishes, according to a new survey. The survey, compiled by Gallup, indicated that the PM is on a collision course with her voters if she continues to back Finance Minister Bjarne Corydon’s (S) central plans to enhance competitiveness rather than increase public investment. Some 38 percent of (S) voters believe that increasing public investment is most important while only 15 percent think that enhanced competitiveness is of primary importance. – Berlingske

Greenland’s politicians have mining interests

The political elite in Greenland have close connections to the budding mining industry that is so essential for the country’s future. A look at past and current politicians and public officials has revealed that a number of influential political powers have or have had personal relations to the companies that are trying to reap the benefits of Greenland’s underground. The more prominent individuals include Premier Kuupik Kleist and the minister for industry and mineral resources, Ove Karl Berthelsen. – Politiken

Baby almost froze to death

The newborn baby who was found abandoned in a bag in Valby yesterday was on the brink of succumbing to the cold. The baby had been lying in the street for about seven hours and her body temperature was down to 27 degrees Celsius when she was found. One expert contended that the mother had likely panicked after giving birth. This is the tenth baby found abandoned in Denmark since 2004. – MetroXpress


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A survey carried out by Megafon for TV2 has found that 71 percent of parents have handed over children to daycare in spite of them being sick.

Moreover, 21 percent of those surveyed admitted to medicating their kids with paracetamol, such as Panodil, before sending them to school.

The FOLA parents’ organisation is shocked by the findings.

“I think it is absolutely crazy. It simply cannot be that a child goes to school sick and plays with lots of other children. Then we are faced with the fact that they will infect the whole institution,” said FOLA chair Signe Nielsen.

Pill pushers
At the Børnehuset daycare institution in Silkeborg a meeting was called where parents were implored not to bring their sick children to school.

At Børnehuset there are fears that parents prefer to pack their kids off with a pill without informing teachers.

“We occasionally have children who that they have had a pill for breakfast,” said headteacher Susanne Bødker. “You might think that it is a Panodil more than a vitamin pill, if it is a child who has just been sick, for example.”

Parents sick and tired
Parents, when confronted, often cite pressure at work as a reason for not being able to stay at home with their children.

Many declare that they simply cannot take another day off, as they are afraid of being fired.

Allan Randrup Thomsen, a professor of virology at KU, has heavily criticised the parents’ actions, describing the current situation as a “vicious circle”.

“It promotes the spread of viruses, and it adds momentum to a cycle where parents are pressured by high levels of sick-leave. If they then choose to send the children to daycare while they are still recovering, they keep the epidemic going in daycares, and this in turn puts a greater burden on the parents.”