Baby ordered into care prior to birth is stillborn

Title

Baby ordered into care prior to birth is stillborn

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

TX Date

17 Nov 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:03:40

Description

Report on the baby of Lily and Philip Raynor, ordered into care before it was born, being born dead. Includes statement by Peter Clatworthy who was organising an appeal fund; Dr Michael Maresh, obstetrician at St Mary’s Hospital on the stillbirth due to placental separation; Tameside social services committee chairwoman Shirley Stonier also reacts. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Peter Clatworthy; Shirley Stonier; Michael Maresh

Keywords

Deaths; Social services; Children in care; Babies; St Mary’s Hospital; Tameside; Childbirth; Lily Raynor; Philip Raynor

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