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02.10.2009 - Sunderland Echo
Inspirational Grace Jones has defied the doctors after undergoing a major operation to correct a curvature in her spine.
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14.09.2009 - Journal Live
TWINS and triplets from across the region came together to celebrate multiple births yesterday. The third annual ‘More than One’ event was held in Leazes Park, Newcastle, and was organised by Sandra Bosman, the UK’s first midwife specialising in mothers expecting multiple babies.
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01.07.2009 - Journal Live
GREAT North Run founder Brendan Foster has announced a special partnership between the North East’s biggest sporting event and a new children’s hospital in the region.
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13.03.2009 - BBC News
Two sick babies have received new hearts within minutes of each other at the same Tyneside Hospital. Ellen Walsh, 10 months, and Patrick Skinner, two, both of North Tyneside, are recovering after the operations at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital on Monday.
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03.03.2009 - Chronicle Live
A LITTLE boy who was born with an extra half-vertebrae is set to have a major operation to correct his spine. Jack Sundin, two, of Whitley Bay, could not have had a more difficult start to life.
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12.01.2009 - Barnsley Today
A DONCASTER family is back together for the first time in five months after their baby was allowed to bid farewell to her bubble.
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29.12.2008 - Journal Live
A BOY given a new tongue in pioneering surgery at a North hospital has been nominated for a prestigious bravery award. Four-year-old Daniel Sewell has been nominated for a Little Star award, which is backed by F1 champion Lewis Hamilton, Dr Who actor David Tennant and Arsenal football star Cesc Fabregas.
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27.12.2008 - Journal Live
A BABY whose life was saved by Viagra has started walking. Lewis Goodfellow was born 16 weeks prematurely weighing 1lb 8oz at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle.
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20.12.2008 - Sunday Sun
YOUNG mum Michelle Beynon has seen her Christmas wish come true . . . she can finally give her fragile tot a tender kiss. It’s only natural for a mum to give her child a peck on the cheek, but Michelle has had to resist the simple gesture for months because any intimate physical contact could have proved...
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17.12.2008 - TS10 Redcar
TEESSIDE parents Nicola Wheatley and Marc Sweeting are only asking for one thing this Christmas - to have their daughter Millie safely out of intensive care.
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17.11.2008 - Sunderland Echo
The parents of a baby who defied the odds to survive are hoping to have her home for Christmas. Despite being born 17 weeks prematurely, battling East Durham tot, Chloe Wilson, is getting stronger each day.
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15.11.2008 - The Sun
BATTLING Chloe Wilson is dwarfed by her cuddly toy after being born at TWENTY-THREE weeks. The 1lb 2oz miracle whose tragic twin Ellie died came into the world just days older than the youngest-ever surviving premature baby.
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22.10.2008 - The Shields Gazette
BEAMING for the camera – these proud parents are cradling the baby they thought they'd never see. Little fighter Jessie Temple weighed just 1lb 12oz when she was delivered nine weeks early on July 14, after she'd stopped growing in her mum's womb.
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11.08.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
A childrenâ s charity has given a grant to a Tyneside doctor for research into identical twins. AILSA MACMILLAN examines how the medical study has helped further child healthcare today.
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07.07.2008 - Journal Live
We take a look at one of the best loved and busiest departments at the RVI: Maternity.
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23.06.2008 - News and Star
Doctors feared the worst for baby Cameron Armstrong and gave him a mere 50 per cent chance of survival when he arrived 14 weeks early. Weighing just 2lb 1oz, the tot survived thanks to the dedication of medical staff at Carlisleâ s Cumberland Infirmary and the Royal Victoria Hospital in Newcastle.
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20.05.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
BUMBER baby Charlie Robert Fenwick bounced into the world at a staggering 12lb 1oz. He became one of the biggest babies ever born in the North East and at just seven weeks is already the size of a three-month-old.
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21.04.2008 - Northeast Journal
THIS weekend Tracy Ridley should have been giving birth to her second child. But instead her daughter Paige is three months old, having been born prematurely on January 17.
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18.03.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
by Jane Picken, Evening Chronicle From cowskin and horse blood to Viagra and yoghurt, medics on Tyneside are using weird and wonderful things to save patientsà ¢à  à  lives.
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15.03.2008 - Gazette Live
ALMOST nine years after undergoing a lifesaving operation to mend his broken heart, James Wilkes is fighting fit. The schoolboy was born with transposition of the greater vessels, which means his large heart arteries were the wrong way round.
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23.01.2008 - Mail on Sunday
Abigail Hall was born with just one heart chamber - a normal healthy heart has two - and was put onto the transplant waiting list. But when a potential donor fell through and the three-year-old's condition deteriorated rapidly, her parents feared the worst.
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13.01.2008 - Article Attic Article Directory
online marketing Ten regional finalists, Mums, babies and guests had been invited to attend the award ceremony where the mother who has nominated the Midwife of the Year will receive 1000 and a further 1000 top up for their child's trust fund generously donated by the Royal Bank of Scotland.
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02.01.2008 - The Journal
AS the New Year celebrations were in full swing, some families were having an extra special start to 2008. Just minutes after the bells had sounded, the first baby born in the region in 2008 arrived and others followed just hours later.
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04.12.2007 - Mail on Sunday
Quads Markus, Lucas, Harrison and Lara Miller-Snee will all turn one and their parents Emma Miller and Melanie Snee admit it's been a busy 12 months. The couple, from Houghton le Spring, County Durham, who have been together for more than a decade, were helped in their quest for a family with fertility...
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03.12.2007 - The Journal
A MOTHER whose tiny baby came into the world three months early has thanked the North hospital staff who saved his life. Connor Taylor weighed just 2lbs 3oz at birth and was put on a ventilator for the first hours of his life.
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29.11.2007 - Telegraph
Andrew McAskie has become one of the youngest babies in the UK to have a heart transplant after undergoing the proceedure at just five weeks old. He suffered a heart attack during birth and was on the brink of death until surgeons were forced to operate.
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28.11.2007 - Daily Mail
Little Andrew McAskie has entered the record books after having a heart transplant at just five weeks old. The tot suffered a heart attack during birth and was on the brink of death until surgeons were forced to operate.