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Born Just 640 gm, 24-Week Premature Baby Survives After 90-Day Battle In Delhi Hospital
After spending 90 days in the NICU, the baby was discharged weighing 1.8 kilograms. Now six months old, he weighs 6 kilograms, with normal vision, hearing, and brain scan results.
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Infant Loses 5 Fingers, Chennai Hospital Ordered To Pay Compensation
The Chennai North District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed a hospital and a doctor, here, to provide compensation of Rs 23.65 lakh spent on treatment, besides Rs 10 lakh for pain and suffering caused.
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Baby Born To Brain-Dead US Woman Kept Alive Due To Abortion Law
A brain-dead pregnant woman who was kept alive in the southern US state of Georgia due to local abortion restrictions has given birth, officials said -- with the mother then removed from life support.
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Nepal's First Breast Milk Bank Helps Newborn Babies Survive
Nepal's first-ever Human Milk Bank, 'Amrit Kosh,' is a step towards providing baby-friendly health care to low birthweight, premature, and other at-risk newborns. It helps infants with access to breastmilk at the most critical times.
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2 Premature Babies Die After Power Cuts At Besieged Gaza Hospital: Israeli Doctors
Palestinians seeking refuge at Gaza's largest hospital and staff said they were trapped in increasingly horrific conditions Saturday, with two premature infants dying due to lack of electricity as heavy fighting raged nearby.
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5 Infants Die In Chhattisgarh Hospital Owing To Prematurity Complications
A total of five infants died in government hospital in the Ambikapur district because of prematurity-related complications.
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Breast Milk Proven To Enhance Heart Performance In Premature Babies
The study revealed that preterm infants with higher exposure to their mother's own milk had enhanced cardiac function.
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German Nurse Arrested For Allegedly Poisoning Babies With Morphine
A nurse in Germany has been arrested on suspicion of poisoning five premature babies with morphine, police said Thursday, adding that the infants had survived.
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Burial Site Of Babies Wearing Skulls Of Other Children Stun Archaeologists
They wielded obsidian knives to slice skulls off children's skeletons, scientists believe. Then they reassembled them atop the heads of dead infants, perhaps to protect them on a premature journey to the afterlife.
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Indian-Origin Engineer's Breathing Device For Infants Wins UK Award
An Indian engineer whose low-cost neonatal breathing device has saved the lives of new-born babies across small towns of India, has won the 2019 Commonwealth Secretary-General''s Innovation for Sustainable Development Award in London.
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Born Just 640 gm, 24-Week Premature Baby Survives After 90-Day Battle In Delhi Hospital
After spending 90 days in the NICU, the baby was discharged weighing 1.8 kilograms. Now six months old, he weighs 6 kilograms, with normal vision, hearing, and brain scan results.
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Infant Loses 5 Fingers, Chennai Hospital Ordered To Pay Compensation
The Chennai North District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed a hospital and a doctor, here, to provide compensation of Rs 23.65 lakh spent on treatment, besides Rs 10 lakh for pain and suffering caused.
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Baby Born To Brain-Dead US Woman Kept Alive Due To Abortion Law
A brain-dead pregnant woman who was kept alive in the southern US state of Georgia due to local abortion restrictions has given birth, officials said -- with the mother then removed from life support.
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Nepal's First Breast Milk Bank Helps Newborn Babies Survive
Nepal's first-ever Human Milk Bank, 'Amrit Kosh,' is a step towards providing baby-friendly health care to low birthweight, premature, and other at-risk newborns. It helps infants with access to breastmilk at the most critical times.
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2 Premature Babies Die After Power Cuts At Besieged Gaza Hospital: Israeli Doctors
Palestinians seeking refuge at Gaza's largest hospital and staff said they were trapped in increasingly horrific conditions Saturday, with two premature infants dying due to lack of electricity as heavy fighting raged nearby.
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5 Infants Die In Chhattisgarh Hospital Owing To Prematurity Complications
A total of five infants died in government hospital in the Ambikapur district because of prematurity-related complications.
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Breast Milk Proven To Enhance Heart Performance In Premature Babies
The study revealed that preterm infants with higher exposure to their mother's own milk had enhanced cardiac function.
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German Nurse Arrested For Allegedly Poisoning Babies With Morphine
A nurse in Germany has been arrested on suspicion of poisoning five premature babies with morphine, police said Thursday, adding that the infants had survived.
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Burial Site Of Babies Wearing Skulls Of Other Children Stun Archaeologists
They wielded obsidian knives to slice skulls off children's skeletons, scientists believe. Then they reassembled them atop the heads of dead infants, perhaps to protect them on a premature journey to the afterlife.
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Indian-Origin Engineer's Breathing Device For Infants Wins UK Award
An Indian engineer whose low-cost neonatal breathing device has saved the lives of new-born babies across small towns of India, has won the 2019 Commonwealth Secretary-General''s Innovation for Sustainable Development Award in London.
