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October 26, 2009
Baby born on plane gets free flights for life

A premature baby boy who was born on during a flight from Penang to Kuching, has been given free flights for life.

Expectant mother Liew Siaw Hsia had thought nothing of taking the AirAsia flight as she wasn't due for another 11 weeks.

But the baby had other ideas and mid-flight Liew started to feel labor pains. Luckily there was a doctor onboard who helped the 31-year-old mom give birth at 2,000 feet.

http://newslite.tv/2009/10/23/baby-born-on-plane-gets-free-f.html#

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October 26, 2009
1 in 10 Babies Born Premature
The first attempt to measure the number of worldwide premature births has produced startling results, but many experts feel the true numbers are much higher.  Thirteen million babies worldwide are born premature.  Stated another way, one in ten of the world’s babies is born prematurely.  One million of those babies will die as a result of that prematurity.
http://www.babychums.com/2009/10/1-in-10-babies-born-premature/

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October 26, 2009
Pacemaker surgery gives baby gift of life
A TEAM of Melbourne doctors has saved the life of a premature baby by hooking her tiny heart up to an external pacemaker.

Five months ago, Taylor Gardner was born at 25 weeks with heart block - a condition that meant her heart was beating 50 times a minute, instead of a healthy rate of about 150.

Faced with her critical illness, a team of doctors at Monash Medical Centre decided to attempt an operation that, it is believed, had never been done before on a baby weighing just 540 grams.....
http://www.theage.com.au/national/pacemaker-surgery-gives-baby-gift-of-life-20091021-h91a.html

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October 26, 2009
http://www.theage.com.au/national/pacemaker-surgery-gives-baby-gift-of-life-20091021-h91a.html
A Norfolk MP has pledged to take up a mother's battle with the secretary of state for health and demand changes to medical guidelines on when infants should be given intensive care.

Since Sarah Capewell told the EDP in September the heartbreaking story of how her premature baby died in her arms after doctors refused to help him because she was only 21 weeks and five days into her pregnancy, her Justice for Jayden campaign to help other parents facing the same plight has taken off beyond her wildest dreams.....
http://www.edp24.co.uk/content/edp24/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=xDefault&itemid=NOED21%20Oct%202009%2017%3A40%3A13%3A530#

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