Premature Baby
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Calgary couple praises first responders after baby born 5 weeks early at homeMegan Claxton and Taylor Smyth expected their second child to arrive in January. They called 911 when she went into labour five weeks early. 'I didn't get a chance to thank them.'CanadaDec 23, 2024
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Born 4 months early, these Canadian preemie twins set Guinness World RecordTwins Adiah and Adrial Nadarajah were born 126 days earlier than expected, becoming the world's most premature set of twins, as per Guinness World Records.TrendingMar 9, 2023
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Life-saving jet ventilator featured in Caring for Kids Radiothon: ‘He wouldn’t be here today’Country 105 FM's radiothon is raising money for Alberta Children's Hospital. The focus is life-saving equipment, like the jet ventilator. It keeps the tiniest preemie babies alive.HealthFeb 3, 2023
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Montreal Children’s Hospital looks to future with wireless vital sign technologyThe hospital is on its way to becoming one of the first medical institutions in the world to have wireless technology to monitor vital signs of premature infants.HealthOct 19, 2022
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Kelowna, B.C., couple shares personal story of miracle daughter on World Preemie DayThe Kelowna girl was born at 24 weeks gestation and weighed only one pound and five ounces.NewsNov 17, 2020
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NICU nurse cares for baby, finds out dad was patient 30 years agoWhile looking through old baby photos, the new parents discovered the shocking similarity.TrendingFeb 19, 2020
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SickKids, Trillium Health Partners team up to keep premature babies closer to homeThanks to a new, award-winning partnership with Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, Trillium Health Partners is able to provide care for preemie babies closer to home.HealthDec 27, 2019
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‘He was trying to breathe on his own’: Mom gives birth to baby under 1 poundThe baby was due in November, but he was born four months early at just 10 per cent the size of an average newborn.TrendingJul 31, 2019
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Born at under 1 pound, she’s gone home as possibly the world’s tiniest surviving micro-preemieA sign by the baby's hospital bed read, "tiny but mighty."HealthMay 29, 2019
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B.C.-developed robot simulates moms to reduce premature babies’ painKnown as "Calmer" the device simulates the feel of skin-to-skin contact, along with a mother's heartbeat and breathing rate.HealthMar 22, 2019
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