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Baby born as result of new fertility method

Title
Baby born as result of new fertility method
Genre
News report; Interview
TX Date
29 Sep 1989
Year of production
1989
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Duration
00:01:52
Description
Tanya Shields reports from Liverpool on the birth of John Liam Donaldson to parents Kathleen and John Donaldson. The birth was made possible by a revolutionary fertility treatment. The new intra-vaginal culture (IVC) treatment differs from the existing invitro fertilisation programme. Includes interviews with Dr Jonathan Hewitt, medical director of the Assisted Conception Unit at the Liverpool Women’s Hospital; Dr Winifred Francis, consultant gynaecologist. Broadcast on Radio City.
Contributors
Radio City; Tanya Shields; Jonathan Hewitt; Winifred Francis
Keywords
UK; Great Britain; Liverpool; Birth; Hospitals; In vitro fertilization; England; Childbirth; John Liam Donaldson; Kathleen Donaldson; John Donaldson; Fertility; Liverpool Women’s Hospital

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