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  • November 20, 2018 - Lyon, France - Demonstration of nurses in Lyon, France, on November 20, 2018, to demand more resources and staff recruitment. The nurses forced the prefect to receive a delegation after forcing the demonstration, which was not authorized by the prefecture. (Credit Image: © Nicolas Liponne/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • November 20, 2018 - Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Private nurses take part in a demonstration in front of headquarters of the Ministry of Health in Paris, on November 20, 2018, to protest their status in the measures of a health plan presented by the French President Emmanuel Macron  in September 2018. Emmanuel Macron promised the recruitment of 4,000 medical assistants in urban areas by 2022 to handle paperwork, carry out simple medical gestures such as blood pressure checks, and free-up doctors. Exact status and job descriptions are to be spelled out in 2019. (Credit Image: © Michel Stoupak/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • November 20, 2018 - Paris, Ile-de-France (region, France - Demonstration of the nurses in Paris, they believe that their profession is forgotten the plan on the health of the government. (Credit Image: © Julien Mattia/Le Pictorium Agency via ZUMA Press)
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  • September 6, 2017 - London, United Kingdom - A demonstration took place at Parliament Square against the government's pay cap on public sector workers, London on September 6, 2017. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN), leading the demonstration, has warned its members could be willing to strike unless the limit is removed. (Credit Image: © Alberto Pezzali/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • The second of the formerly conjoined twin girls who was separated in a seven-hour surgery earlier this year has been discharged after spending 482 days in hospital. Hope Elizabeth Richards was allowed home last week [April 25, 2018], eight weeks after her sister Anna Grace was discharged from Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston on March 2. Her mother Jill Richards said: “This is the moment it all feels real. “We are so excited for Hope to join Anna and her brothers at home. Our family is eternally thankful for the doctors, nurses, child life specialists, physical therapists and many others at Texas Children’s who took incredible care of our precious girls.” The twins, who are now aged 16 months, were successfully separated during a mammoth surgery that involved a multidisciplinary 75-strong team of surgeons on January 13. The sisters were previously conjoined at their chest and abdomen, through the length of their torso and shared the chest wall, pericardial sac (lining of the heart), diaphragm and liver. The girls were delivered via C-section on 29 December, 2016, at 35 weeks gestation. The Richards family, from North Texas, learned Jill was carrying conjoined twins during a routine ultrasound. The family was then referred to Texas Children's Fetal Center, where they underwent extensive prenatal testing, consultation and development of plans to achieve a safe delivery and postnatal care.  They temporarily relocated to Houston in order to deliver at Texas Children’s and be close to the girls during their hospital stay. 25 Apr 2018 Pictured: CAPTION: Formerly conjoined twin girl Hope Elizabeth Richards is released from Texas Children’s Hospital on April 25, 2018, and her sister Anna Grace, who was discharged six weeks prior, was there to meet her sibling. LOCAL CAPTION: Hope rides down the hallway as she prepares to leave Texas Children’s after 482 days. Photo credit: Paul Vincent Kuntz/ MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
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  • The second of the formerly conjoined twin girls who was separated in a seven-hour surgery earlier this year has been discharged after spending 482 days in hospital. Hope Elizabeth Richards was allowed home last week [April 25, 2018], eight weeks after her sister Anna Grace was discharged from Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston on March 2. Her mother Jill Richards said: “This is the moment it all feels real. “We are so excited for Hope to join Anna and her brothers at home. Our family is eternally thankful for the doctors, nurses, child life specialists, physical therapists and many others at Texas Children’s who took incredible care of our precious girls.” The twins, who are now aged 16 months, were successfully separated during a mammoth surgery that involved a multidisciplinary 75-strong team of surgeons on January 13. The sisters were previously conjoined at their chest and abdomen, through the length of their torso and shared the chest wall, pericardial sac (lining of the heart), diaphragm and liver. The girls were delivered via C-section on 29 December, 2016, at 35 weeks gestation. The Richards family, from North Texas, learned Jill was carrying conjoined twins during a routine ultrasound. The family was then referred to Texas Children's Fetal Center, where they underwent extensive prenatal testing, consultation and development of plans to achieve a safe delivery and postnatal care.  They temporarily relocated to Houston in order to deliver at Texas Children’s and be close to the girls during their hospital stay. 25 Apr 2018 Pictured: CAPTION: Formerly conjoined twin girl Hope Elizabeth Richards is released from Texas Children’s Hospital on April 25, 2018, and her sister Anna Grace, who was discharged six weeks prior, was there to meet her sibling. LOCAL CAPTION: Hope Elizabeth and Anna Grace Richards reunite at Texas Children’s before Hope is discharged. Photo credit: Paul Vincent Kuntz/ MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
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  • South Africa - Durban -  11 May 2020 -  International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. ICN commemorates this important day each year with the production and distribution of the International Nurses' Day (IND) resources and evidence. Sr Tamara Govender, Unit Manager of the Emergency Department at Ahmed Al-Kadi Private Hospita celebrates International Nurses Dayl. Picture Leon Lestrade/African News Agency(ANA).
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  • South Africa - Durban -  11 May 2020 -  International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. ICN commemorates this important day each year with the production and distribution of the International Nurses' Day (IND) resources and evidence. Sr Tamara Govender, Unit Manager of the Emergency Department at Ahmed Al-Kadi Private Hospita celebrates International Nurses Dayl. Picture Leon Lestrade/African News Agency(ANA).
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  • South Africa - Durban -  11 May 2020 -  International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. ICN commemorates this important day each year with the production and distribution of the International Nurses' Day (IND) resources and evidence. Sr Tamara Govender, Unit Manager of the Emergency Department at Ahmed Al-Kadi Private Hospita celebrates International Nurses Dayl. Picture Leon Lestrade/African News Agency(ANA).
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  • South Africa - Durban -  11 May 2020 -  International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. ICN commemorates this important day each year with the production and distribution of the International Nurses' Day (IND) resources and evidence. Sr Tamara Govender, Unit Manager of the Emergency Department at Ahmed Al-Kadi Private Hospita celebrates International Nurses Dayl. Picture Leon Lestrade/African News Agency(ANA).
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  • South Africa - Durban -  11 May 2020 -  International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. ICN commemorates this important day each year with the production and distribution of the International Nurses' Day (IND) resources and evidence. Sr Tamara Govender, Unit Manager of the Emergency Department at Ahmed Al-Kadi Private Hospita celebrates International Nurses Dayl. Picture Leon Lestrade/African News Agency(ANA).
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  • SOUTH AFRICA - Durban - 12 May 2020 - Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize along with MEC of Health Nomagugu Simelane- Zulu celebrated the International Nurses Day is organised on 12 May 2020 at King Edward Hospital in Umbilo, Durban in celebrate the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale.<br />
Picture: Motshwari Mofokeng/African News Agency (ANA)
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  • SOUTH AFRICA - Durban - 12 May 2020 - Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize along with MEC of Health Nomagugu Simelane- Zulu celebrated the International Nurses Day is organised on 12 May 2020 at King Edward Hospital in Umbilo, Durban in celebrate the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale.<br />
Picture: Motshwari Mofokeng/African News Agency (ANA)
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  • ALL HANDS ON DECK: February 2, 2020, Zouping, Binzhou Township, Shandong Province, China: Overwhelmed with emotion, nurses hug. Hands and hugs as nurses comfort each other. They are part of a eight nurse and doctors team, taking care of patients who have new coronavirus COVID-19 pneumonia, in the isolation ward in Zouping People's Republic Hostipal. (Credit Image: © Dong Naide/TPG via ZUMA Press)
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  • February 2, 2020, Zouping, Binzhou Township, Shandong Province, China: Overwhelmed with emotion, nurses hug. Hands and hugs as nurses comfort each other. They are part of a eight nurse and doctors team, taking care of patients who have new coronavirus COVID-19 pneumonia, in the isolation ward in Zouping People's Republic Hostipal with a empty bed behind them. (Credit Image: © Dong Naide/TPG via ZUMA Press)
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  • South Africa - Cape Town - 120620.  Francilene Marthinus, head of nursing at Tygerberg Hospital says they celebrated International Nurses Day with a candle-light event  for one of their nurses who died last week as a result of the Covid-19 virus and the handing out of gifts to nurses as a token of appreciation for their care  and devotion towards patients . Picture: Ian Landsberg/African News Agency (ANA).
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  • South Africa - Cape Town - 120620.  Francilene Marthinus, head of nursing at Tygerberg Hospital says they celebrated International Nurses Day with a candle-light event  for one of their nurses who died last week as a result of the Covid-19 virus and the handing out of gifts to nurses as a token of appreciation for their care  and devotion towards patients . Picture: Ian Landsberg/African News Agency (ANA).
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  • February 2, 2020, Zouping, Binzhou Township, Shandong Province, China: Overwhelmed with emotion, nurses hug. Hands and hugs as nurses comfort each other. They are part of a eight nurse and doctors team, taking care of patients who have new coronavirus COVID-19 pneumonia, in the isolation ward in Zouping People's Republic Hostipal with a empty bed behind them. (Credit Image: © Dong Naide/TPG via ZUMA Press)
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  • File photo dated 03/10/14 of a nurse in a hospital, as the threshold for passing an English language test for foreign nurses and midwives is to be lowered under new proposals by the regulator.
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  • May 10, 2017 - Turin, Piedmont, Italy - Turin, Italy - May 10, 2017: Protest of Nurses for the suspension of the national competition for recruitment in Italian hospitals at the Le Molinette Hospital in Turin, Italy (Credit Image: © Stefano Guidi via ZUMA Wire)
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  • Embargoed to 0001 Monday April 30 File photo dated 03/10/14 of a nurse on a ward at a hospital, as a report by Macmillan Cancer Support has suggested that specialist cancer nurses are being &quot;run ragged&quot;, with high vacancy rates meaning patients may not be receiving the level of specialist care they need.
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A 21-year-old woman delivered a baby with two heads and three hands, sending doctors of the state-run facility into a tizzy in central India. Babita Ahirwar, a resident of Basauda village in Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh, delivered the baby around 7:30 am on November 23 through C-section. Babita was married to Jaswant Ahirwar around one and a half years ago. The couple which was eagerly waiting to welcome their first baby was devastated after seeing the infant born with a deformity. "It was a mixed feeling when the nurses handed over the baby to me. Initially, I thought it was a twin, but when the nurses removed the towel, I was shocked to see our firstborn with two heads and three hands. All we wanted was a normal and healthy baby, but the almighty wanted to punish us this way. I don't know why," said new mom Babita told Newslions. Dr Surendra Sonkar of Vidisha Sadar hospital said: "On Saturday morning around 7:30 am, we facilitated the delivery of a baby through C-section. The baby had two heads and three hands. The third hand had two palms attached to it. "There is only one heart visible in the newborn. This is a very rare condition and this is the first time. I have come across such a case in my career," he said. "We had initially kept the baby in the ICU, but we thought it was better to refer them to a better-equipped facility in Bhopal," he added. At present, the baby is undergoing treatment at Bhopal's Hamidi Medical College and Hospital. 23 Nov 2019 Pictured: Baby born with two heads and three hands in central India. Photo credit: Newslions Media / MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
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  • SOUTH AFRICA - Cape Town - 01 September 2020  - Nurses and members of NEHAWU gathered at the Khayelitsha District Hospital to commemorate frontline members who succumbed to Covid-19 virus.The virus has killed millions around the world and still uncurable. Picture: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)
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  • South Africa - Cape Town - 19 June 2020 - Coronavirus Lockdown 3 - Nurses held a lunchtime picket at False Bay Hospital on Friday. The purpose of the Denosa picket was to demand PPE's and other work benefits for staff, such as filling staff vacancies and to demand proper decontamination. Picture: Tracey Adams/African News Agency(ANA)
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  • South Africa -Cape Town - 04 May 2020- Nurses at Dr Ivan Toms clinic in Mfuleni are refusing to work after one of their members tested positive.They have been forced by management to continue working but today they have refused and left the place of work until their demands are met.video:Phando Jikelo/african News Agency(ANA )
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  • May 7, 2018 - Handan, Handan, China - Handan, CHINA-7th May 2018: Nurses practice smiling at Handan No.3 Hospital in Handan, north China's Hebei Province, marking the upcoming Smile Day which falls on May 8th every year. (Credit Image: © SIPA Asia via ZUMA Wire)
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  • JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 25: A panoramic general view of assembly at the Nasrec quarantine site currently under construction. With isolation units, consultation areas, ICU capabilitiies, medical facilities, power points, drainage and ablutions the quarantine site has a total bed capacity of 2300 on April 25, 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown extended by another two weeks, mobilising goverment structures accross the nation to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus - the lockdown requires businesses to close and the public to stay at home during this period, unless part of approved essential services. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)
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  • JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 25: Officials on a walkabout at the Nasrec quarantine site currently under construction. With isolation units, consultation areas, ICU capabilitiies, medical facilities, power points, drainage and ablutions the quarantine site has a total bed capacity of 2300 on April 25, 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown extended by another two weeks, mobilising goverment structures accross the nation to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus - the lockdown requires businesses to close and the public to stay at home during this period, unless part of approved essential services. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)
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  • JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 25: Officials discuss the private consultation rooms on a walkabout at the Nasrec quarantine site currently under construction. With isolation units, consultation areas, ICU capabilitiies, medical facilities, power points, drainage and ablutions the quarantine site has a total bed capacity of 2300 on April 25, 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown extended by another two weeks, mobilising goverment structures accross the nation to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus - the lockdown requires businesses to close and the public to stay at home during this period, unless part of approved essential services. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)
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  • JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 25: Gauteng Regional Manager for Defy, Christo Hitge at a handover by various stakeholders at the Nasrec quarantine site currently under construction. With isolation units, consultation areas, ICU capabilitiies, medical facilities, power points, drainage and ablutions, the quarantine site will have a total bed capacity of 2300 on April 25, 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown extended by another two weeks, mobilising goverment structures accross the nation to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus - the lockdown requires businesses to close and the public to stay at home during this period, unless part of approved essential services. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)
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  • JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 25: Gauteng Premier David Makhura at a handover by various stakeholders at the Nasrec quarantine site currently under construction. With isolation units, consultation areas, ICU capabilitiies, medical facilities, power points, drainage and ablutions, the quarantine site will have a total bed capacity of 2300 on April 25, 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown extended by another two weeks, mobilising goverment structures accross the nation to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus - the lockdown requires businesses to close and the public to stay at home during this period, unless part of approved essential services. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)
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  • JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 25: Gauteng Premier David Makhura at a handover by various stakeholders at the Nasrec quarantine site currently under construction. With isolation units, consultation areas, ICU capabilitiies, medical facilities, power points, drainage and ablutions, the quarantine site will have a total bed capacity of 2300 on April 25, 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown extended by another two weeks, mobilising goverment structures accross the nation to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus - the lockdown requires businesses to close and the public to stay at home during this period, unless part of approved essential services. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)
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  • JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 25: Gauteng DID MEC Tasneem Motara at a handover by various stakeholders at the Nasrec quarantine site currently under construction. With isolation units, consultation areas, ICU capabilitiies, medical facilities, power points, drainage and ablutions, the quarantine site will have a total bed capacity of 2300 on April 25, 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown extended by another two weeks, mobilising goverment structures accross the nation to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus - the lockdown requires businesses to close and the public to stay at home during this period, unless part of approved essential services. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)
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  • JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 25: MTN Foundation Head Kusile Mtunzi discussing the donation of smart devices at a handover by various stakeholders at the Nasrec quarantine site currently under construction. With isolation units, consultation areas, ICU capabilitiies, medical facilities, power points, drainage and ablutions, the quarantine site will have a total bed capacity of 2300 on April 25, 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown extended by another two weeks, mobilising goverment structures accross the nation to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus - the lockdown requires businesses to close and the public to stay at home during this period, unless part of approved essential services. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)
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  • JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 25: Gauteng Premier David Makhura at a handover by various stakeholders at the Nasrec quarantine site currently under construction. With isolation units, consultation areas, ICU capabilitiies, medical facilities, power points, drainage and ablutions, the quarantine site will have a total bed capacity of 2300 on April 25, 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown extended by another two weeks, mobilising goverment structures accross the nation to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus - the lockdown requires businesses to close and the public to stay at home during this period, unless part of approved essential services. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)
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  • JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 25: A general ward of quarantine beds at the Nasrec quarantine site currently under construction. With isolation units, consultation areas, ICU capabilitiies, medical facilities, power points, drainage and ablutions the quarantine site has a total bed capacity of 2300 on April 25, 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown extended by another two weeks, mobilising goverment structures accross the nation to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus - the lockdown requires businesses to close and the public to stay at home during this period, unless part of approved essential services. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)
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  • JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 25: Hand sanitiser on display, just some of the contributions donated by various stakeholders at the Nasrec quarantine site currently under construction. With isolation units, consultation areas, ICU capabilitiies, medical facilities, power points, drainage and ablutions the quarantine site has a total bed capacity of 2300 on April 25, 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown extended by another two weeks, mobilising goverment structures accross the nation to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus - the lockdown requires businesses to close and the public to stay at home during this period, unless part of approved essential services. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)
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  • JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 25: Private consultation rooms at the Nasrec quarantine site currently under construction. With isolation units, consultation areas, ICU capabilitiies, medical facilities, power points, drainage and ablutions the quarantine site has a total bed capacity of 2300 on April 25, 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown extended by another two weeks, mobilising goverment structures accross the nation to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus - the lockdown requires businesses to close and the public to stay at home during this period, unless part of approved essential services. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)
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  • JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 25: A general view of assembly at the Nasrec quarantine site currently under construction. With isolation units, consultation areas, ICU capabilitiies, medical facilities, power points, drainage and ablutions the quarantine site has a total bed capacity of 2300 on April 25, 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown extended by another two weeks, mobilising goverment structures accross the nation to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus - the lockdown requires businesses to close and the public to stay at home during this period, unless part of approved essential services. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)
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  • JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 25: A general ward of quarantine beds at the Nasrec quarantine site currently under construction. With isolation units, consultation areas, ICU capabilitiies, medical facilities, power points, drainage and ablutions the quarantine site has a total bed capacity of 2300 on April 25, 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown extended by another two weeks, mobilising goverment structures accross the nation to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus - the lockdown requires businesses to close and the public to stay at home during this period, unless part of approved essential services. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)
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  • JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 25: A ward of quarantine beds at the Nasrec quarantine site currently under construction. With isolation units, consultation areas, ICU capabilitiies, medical facilities, power points, drainage and ablutions the quarantine site has a total bed capacity of 2300 on April 25, 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown extended by another two weeks, mobilising goverment structures accross the nation to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus - the lockdown requires businesses to close and the public to stay at home during this period, unless part of approved essential services. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)
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  • April 4, 2017 - Hatay, Hatay Province, Turkey - A young boy being rushed on a gurney, to get help after being a part of a supposed nerve gas attack (possibly the powerful and lethal sarin nerve gas) in north-western Syria. First reports place the death toll at 70 to 100, many childern. Several reported that airstrikes had targeted clinics treating the wounded. Khan Sheikhoun, Idhib Province is a rebel-held town of 165,000. Around 30 Turkish ambulances gathered at the border in Hatay Province for medical evacuation of victims after the Syrian toxic gas attack, to be brought to Turkey for immediate medical aid. (Credit Image: © Ferhat Dervisoglu/Depo Photos via ZUMA Wire)
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  • October 3, 2017 - Las Vegas, Nevada, United States - People wait to give blood to victims of mass shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 3, 2017 after a gunman killed 58 people and wounded more than 500 others, before taking his own life, when he opened fire from a hotel on a country music festival. Police said the gunman, a 64-year-old local resident named as Stephen Paddock, had been killed after a SWAT team responded to reports of multiple gunfire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay, a hotel-casino next to the concert venue. (Credit Image: © Emily Molli/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • April 4, 2017 - Khan Sheikhoun, Syria - A victim lying on the ground, wounded and some dead, hurt and killed by what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack (most likely sarin never gas), in rebel-held Idlib, Syria. Idlib is a city in northwestern Syria, capital of the Idlib Governorate, near Turkey and 59 kilometers south west of Aleppo. It has an elevation of nearly 500 meters above sea level, population around 165,000. The inhabitants are overwhelmingly Sunni Muslims, although there is a significant Christian minority. (Credit Image: © Edlib Media Center via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 4, 2017 - Khan Sheikhoun, Syria - Medics spray down a victim lying on the ground, hurt  by what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack (most likely sarin never gas), in rebel-held Idlib, Syria. Idlib is a city in northwestern Syria, capital of the Idlib Governorate, near Turkey and 59 kilometers south west of Aleppo. It has an elevation of nearly 500 meters above sea level, population around 165,000. The inhabitants are overwhelmingly Sunni Muslims, although there is a significant Christian minority. (Credit Image: © Edlib Media Center via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 4, 2017 - Hatay, Hatay Province, Turkey - A young man being rushed on a gurney, to get help after being a part of a supposed nerve gas attack (possibly the powerful and lethal sarin nerve gas) in north-western Syria. First reports place the death toll at 70 to 100, many childern. Several reported that airstrikes had targeted clinics treating the wounded. Khan Sheikhoun, Idhib Province is a rebel-held town of 165,000. Around 30 Turkish ambulances gathered at the border in Hatay Province for medical evacuation of victims after the Syrian toxic gas attack, to be brought to Turkey for immediate medical aid. (Credit Image: © Ferhat Dervisoglu/Depo Photos via ZUMA Wire
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  • April 4, 2017 - Khan Sheikhoun, Syria - A young boy lying on the ground, hurt by what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack (most likely sarin never gas), in rebel-held Idlib, Syria. Idlib is a city in northwestern Syria, capital of the Idlib Governorate, near Turkey and 59 kilometers south west of Aleppo. It has an elevation of nearly 500 meters above sea level, population around 165,000. The inhabitants are overwhelmingly Sunni Muslims, although there is a significant Christian minority. (Credit Image: © Edlib Media Center via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 4, 2017 - Hatay, Hatay Province, Turkey - A medic helps a victim of nerve gas attack (possibly the powerful and lethal sarin nerve gas) in north-western Syria. First reports place the death toll at 70 to 100, many childern. Several reported that airstrikes had targeted clinics treating the wounded. Khan Sheikhoun, Idhib Province is a rebel-held town of 165,000. Around 30 Turkish ambulances came to the border in Hatay Province, Turkey for medical evacuation of victims after the Syrian toxic gas attack, then to be brought to Turkish medical aid. (Credit Image: © Ferhat Dervisoglu/Depo Photos via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 4, 2017 - Hatay, Hatay Province, Turkey - Ambulance rushes to help victims of a deadly nerve gas attack (possibly the powerful and lethal sarin nerve gas) in north-western Syria. First reports place the death toll at 70 to 100, many childern. Several reported that airstrikes had targeted clinics treating the wounded. Khan Sheikhoun, Idhib Province is a rebel-held town of 165,000. Around 30 Turkish ambulances came to the border in Hatay Province, Turkey for medical evacuation of victims after the Syrian toxic gas attack, then to be brought to Turkish medical aid. (Credit Image: © Ferhat Dervisoglu/Depo Photos via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 4, 2017 - Hatay, Hatay Province, Turkey - A baby getting help after being a part of a supposed nerve gas attack (possibly the powerful and lethal sarin nerve gas) in north-western Syria. First reports place the death toll at 70 to 100, many childern. Several reported that airstrikes had targeted clinics treating the wounded. Khan Sheikhoun, Idhib Province is a rebel-held town of 165,000. Around 30 Turkish ambulances gathered at the border in Hatay Province for medical evacuation of victims after the Syrian toxic gas attack, to be brought to Turkey for immediate medical aid. (Credit Image: © Ferhat Dervisoglu/Depo Photos via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 4, 2017 - Khan Sheikhoun, Idhib Province, Syria - Syrian Civil Defense aka the White Helmets, helping young child victim, after morning attack of a suspected serious lethal gas (most likely sarin nerve gas), in rebel-held Idlib Province in northwestern Syria, near Turkey (population 165,000). A score wounded and over dozen already dead, others might die shortly as a after effect of exposure to deadly gases. The inhabitants are overwhelmingly Sunni Muslims, although there is a significant Christian minority. (Credit Image: © Syria Civil Defense via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 4, 2017 - Hatay, Hatay Province, Turkey - A baby getting help after being a part of a supposed nerve gas attack (possibly the powerful and lethal sarin nerve gas) in north-western Syria. First reports place the death toll at 70 to 100, many childern. Several reported that airstrikes had targeted clinics treating the wounded. Khan Sheikhoun, Idhib Province is a rebel-held town of 165,000. Around 30 Turkish ambulances gathered at the border in Hatay Province for medical evacuation of victims after the Syrian toxic gas attack, to be brought to Turkey for immediate medical aid. (Credit Image: © Ferhat Dervisoglu/Depo Photos via ZUMA Wire)
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  • SOUTH AFRICA - Cape Town - 8 July  2020  - Community Health Care Workers picketing outside Michael Mapongwana day hospital in Khayelitsha,demanding R12,500 salary and full government benefits.They were doing this whilst waiting for the arrival of Minister of Health in the W.C Nomafench who decided to cancel her visit because she was confronted by a group of Community Health Care Workers outside Site B Clinic . Picture: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)
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  • SOUTH AFRICA - Cape Town - 8 July  2020  - Community Health Care Workers picketing outside Michael Mapongwana day hospital in Khayelitsha,demanding R12,500 salary and full government benefits.They were doing this whilst waiting for the arrival of Minister of Health in the W.C Nomafench who decided to cancel her visit because she was confronted by a group of Community Health Care Workers outside Site B Clinic . Picture: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)
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  • JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 25: An isolation unit at the Nasrec quarantine site currently under construction. With isolation units, consultation areas, ICU capabilitiies, medical facilities, power points, drainage and ablutions the quarantine site has a total bed capacity of 2300 on April 25, 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown extended by another two weeks, mobilising goverment structures accross the nation to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus - the lockdown requires businesses to close and the public to stay at home during this period, unless part of approved essential services. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)
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  • JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 25: Officials and business partners at a handover by various stakeholders at the Nasrec quarantine site currently under construction. With isolation units, consultation areas, ICU capabilitiies, medical facilities, power points, drainage and ablutions, the quarantine site will have a total bed capacity of 2300 on April 25, 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown extended by another two weeks, mobilising goverment structures accross the nation to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus - the lockdown requires businesses to close and the public to stay at home during this period, unless part of approved essential services. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)
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  • JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 25: Gauteng Health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku at a handover by various stakeholders at the Nasrec quarantine site currently under construction. With isolation units, consultation areas, ICU capabilitiies, medical facilities, power points, drainage and ablutions, the quarantine site will have a total bed capacity of 2300 on April 25, 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown extended by another two weeks, mobilising goverment structures accross the nation to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus - the lockdown requires businesses to close and the public to stay at home during this period, unless part of approved essential services. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)
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  • JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 25: Gauteng Health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku at a handover by various stakeholders at the Nasrec quarantine site currently under construction. With isolation units, consultation areas, ICU capabilitiies, medical facilities, power points, drainage and ablutions, the quarantine site will have a total bed capacity of 2300 on April 25, 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown extended by another two weeks, mobilising goverment structures accross the nation to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus - the lockdown requires businesses to close and the public to stay at home during this period, unless part of approved essential services. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)
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  • JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 25: Gauteng Health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku at a handover by various stakeholders at the Nasrec quarantine site currently under construction. With isolation units, consultation areas, ICU capabilitiies, medical facilities, power points, drainage and ablutions, the quarantine site will have a total bed capacity of 2300 on April 25, 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown extended by another two weeks, mobilising goverment structures accross the nation to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus - the lockdown requires businesses to close and the public to stay at home during this period, unless part of approved essential services. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)
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  • JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 25: Gauteng Premier David Makhura at a handover by various stakeholders at the Nasrec quarantine site currently under construction. With isolation units, consultation areas, ICU capabilitiies, medical facilities, power points, drainage and ablutions, the quarantine site will have a total bed capacity of 2300 on April 25, 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown extended by another two weeks, mobilising goverment structures accross the nation to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus - the lockdown requires businesses to close and the public to stay at home during this period, unless part of approved essential services. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)
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  • JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 25: Gauteng Premier David Makhura at a handover by various stakeholders at the Nasrec quarantine site currently under construction. With isolation units, consultation areas, ICU capabilitiies, medical facilities, power points, drainage and ablutions, the quarantine site will have a total bed capacity of 2300 on April 25, 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown extended by another two weeks, mobilising goverment structures accross the nation to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus - the lockdown requires businesses to close and the public to stay at home during this period, unless part of approved essential services. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)
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  • JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 25: Gauteng Premier David Makhura at a handover by various stakeholders at the Nasrec quarantine site currently under construction. With isolation units, consultation areas, ICU capabilitiies, medical facilities, power points, drainage and ablutions, the quarantine site will have a total bed capacity of 2300 on April 25, 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown extended by another two weeks, mobilising goverment structures accross the nation to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus - the lockdown requires businesses to close and the public to stay at home during this period, unless part of approved essential services. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)
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  • JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 25: Gauteng Regional Manager for Defy, Christo Hitge discussing produciton of ventilators and appliance donations at a handover by various stakeholders at the Nasrec quarantine site currently under construction. With isolation units, consultation areas, ICU capabilitiies, medical facilities, power points, drainage and ablutions, the quarantine site will have a total bed capacity of 2300 on April 25, 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown extended by another two weeks, mobilising goverment structures accross the nation to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus - the lockdown requires businesses to close and the public to stay at home during this period, unless part of approved essential services. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)
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  • JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 25: SAB executive Zoleka Lisa discussing the process behind alcohol based sanitisers at a handover by various stakeholders at the Nasrec quarantine site currently under construction. With isolation units, consultation areas, ICU capabilitiies, medical facilities, power points, drainage and ablutions, the quarantine site will have a total bed capacity of 2300 on April 25, 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown extended by another two weeks, mobilising goverment structures accross the nation to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus - the lockdown requires businesses to close and the public to stay at home during this period, unless part of approved essential services. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)
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  • JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 25: A general ward of quarantine beds at the Nasrec quarantine site currently under construction. With isolation units, consultation areas, ICU capabilitiies, medical facilities, power points, drainage and ablutions the quarantine site has a total bed capacity of 2300 on April 25, 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown extended by another two weeks, mobilising goverment structures accross the nation to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus - the lockdown requires businesses to close and the public to stay at home during this period, unless part of approved essential services. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)
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  • JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 25: A general ward of quarantine beds at the Nasrec quarantine site currently under construction. With isolation units, consultation areas, ICU capabilitiies, medical facilities, power points, drainage and ablutions the quarantine site has a total bed capacity of 2300 on April 25, 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown extended by another two weeks, mobilising goverment structures accross the nation to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus - the lockdown requires businesses to close and the public to stay at home during this period, unless part of approved essential services. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)
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  • JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 25: A general view of assembly at the Nasrec quarantine site currently under construction. With isolation units, consultation areas, ICU capabilitiies, medical facilities, power points, drainage and ablutions the quarantine site has a total bed capacity of 2300 on April 25, 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown extended by another two weeks, mobilising goverment structures accross the nation to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus - the lockdown requires businesses to close and the public to stay at home during this period, unless part of approved essential services. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)
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  • JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 25: A worker checks drainage piping at the Nasrec quarantine site currently under construction. With isolation units, consultation areas, ICU capabilitiies, medical facilities, power points, drainage and ablutions the quarantine site has a total bed capacity of 2300 on April 25, 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown extended by another two weeks, mobilising goverment structures accross the nation to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus - the lockdown requires businesses to close and the public to stay at home during this period, unless part of approved essential services. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)
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  • JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 25: An isolation unit at the Nasrec quarantine site currently under construction. With isolation units, consultation areas, ICU capabilitiies, medical facilities, power points, drainage and ablutions the quarantine site has a total bed capacity of 2300 on April 25, 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown extended by another two weeks, mobilising goverment structures accross the nation to combat the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus - the lockdown requires businesses to close and the public to stay at home during this period, unless part of approved essential services. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)
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  • April 4, 2017 - Hatay, Hatay Province, Turkey - A young boy being rushed on a gurney, to get help after being a part of a supposed nerve gas attack (possibly the powerful and lethal sarin nerve gas) in north-western Syria. First reports place the death toll at 70 to 100, many childern. Several reported that airstrikes had targeted clinics treating the wounded. Khan Sheikhoun, Idhib Province is a rebel-held town of 165,000. Around 30 Turkish ambulances gathered at the border in Hatay Province for medical evacuation of victims after the Syrian toxic gas attack, to be brought to Turkey for immediate medical aid. (Credit Image: © Ferhat Dervisoglu/Depo Photos via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 4, 2017 - Hatay, Hatay Province, Turkey - Men in masks and hazmat suits push a boy to the hospital on a gurney. The young victim, was a part of a supposed nerve gas attack (possibly the powerful and lethal sarin nerve gas) in north-western Syria. Death toll at 70 and rising, many childern. The airstrikes appear to have targeted clinics treating the wounded in Khan Sheikhoun, Idhib Province it is a rebel-held town of 165,000. Around 30 Turkish ambulances gathered at the border in Hatay Province for medical evacuation of victims after the Syrian toxic gas attack, to be brought to Turkey for immediate medical aid. (Credit Image: © Ferhat Dervisoglu/Depo Photos via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 4, 2017 - Hatay, Hatay Province, Turkey - A young man on a gurney, getting help after being a part of a supposed nerve gas attack (possibly the powerful and lethal sarin nerve gas) in north-western Syria. First reports place the death toll at 70 to 100, many childern. Several reported that airstrikes had targeted clinics treating the wounded. Khan Sheikhoun, Idhib Province is a rebel-held town of 165,000. Around 30 Turkish ambulances gathered at the border in Hatay Province for medical evacuation of victims after the Syrian toxic gas attack, to be brought to Turkey for immediate medical aid. (Credit Image: © Ferhat Dervisoglu/Depo Photos via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 4, 2017 - Hatay, Hatay Province, Turkey - ACIL Emergency facility and ambulances wait for  victims of a supposed nerve gas attack (possibly the powerful and lethal sarin nerve gas) in north-western Syria. First reports place the death toll at 70 to 100, many childern. Several reported that airstrikes had targeted clinics treating the wounded. Khan Sheikhoun, Idhib Province is a rebel-held town of 165,000. Around 30 Turkish ambulances came to the border in Hatay Province, Turkey for medical evacuation of victims after the Syrian toxic gas attack, then to be brought to Turkish medical aid. (Credit Image: © Ferhat Dervisoglu/Depo Photos via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 4, 2017 - Hatay, Hatay Province, Turkey - Ambulances gather to help victims of a nerve gas attack (possibly the powerful and lethal sarin nerve gas) in north-western Syria. First reports place the death toll at 70 to 100, many childern. Several reported that airstrikes had targeted clinics treating the wounded. Khan Sheikhoun, Idhib Province is a rebel-held town of 165,000. Around 30 Turkish ambulances came to the border in Hatay Province, Turkey for medical evacuation of victims after the Syrian toxic gas attack, then to be brought to Turkish medical aid. (Credit Image: © Ferhat Dervisoglu/Depo Photos via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 4, 2017 - Hatay, Hatay Province, Turkey - A young man getting help in a ambulance, after being a part of a supposed nerve gas attack (possibly the powerful and lethal sarin nerve gas) in north-western Syria. First reports place the death toll at 70 to 100, many childern. Several reported that airstrikes had targeted clinics treating the wounded. Khan Sheikhoun, Idhib Province is a rebel-held town of 165,000. Around 30 Turkish ambulances gathered at the border in Hatay Province for medical evacuation of victims after the Syrian toxic gas attack, to be brought to Turkey for immediate medical aid. (Credit Image: © Ferhat Dervisoglu/Depo Photos via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 4, 2017 - AlHabeet, Idhib Province, Syria - Children victims from a result of shelling with chemical materials of the town of AlHabeet are wrapped in a blanket. Syrian Civil Defense aka the White Helmets, helped these young victims, after morning attack of a suspected serious lethal gas (most likely sarin nerve gas), in rebel-held Idlib Province in northwestern Syria, near Turkey (population 165,000). A score wounded and over dozen already dead, others might die shortly as a after effect of exposure to deadly gases. The inhabitants are overwhelmingly Sunni Muslims, although there is a significant Christian minority. (Credit Image: © Syria Civil Defense via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 4, 2017 - Khan Sheikhoun, Idhib Province, Syria - Syrian Civil Defense aka the White Helmets, helping victims after morning attack of a suspected serious lethal gas (most likely sarin nerve gas), in rebel-held Idlib Province in northwestern Syria, near Turkey (population 165,000). A score wounded and over dozen already dead, others might die shortly as a after effect of exposure to deadly gases. The inhabitants are overwhelmingly Sunni Muslims, although there is a significant Christian minority. (Credit Image: © Syria Civil Defense via ZUMA Wire).
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  • April 4, 2017 - AlHabeet, Idhib Province, Syria - Children victims from a result of shelling with chemical materials of the town of AlHabeet are wrapped in a blanket. Syrian Civil Defense aka the White Helmets, helped these young victims, after morning attack of a suspected serious lethal gas (most likely sarin nerve gas), in rebel-held Idlib Province in northwestern Syria, near Turkey (population 165,000). A score wounded and over dozen already dead, others might die shortly as a after effect of exposure to deadly gases. The inhabitants are overwhelmingly Sunni Muslims, although there is a significant Christian minority. (Credit Image: © Syria Civil Defense via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 4, 2017 - Hatay, Hatay Province, Turkey - A young boy being rushed on a gurney, to get help after being a part of a supposed nerve gas attack (possibly the powerful and lethal sarin nerve gas) in north-western Syria. First reports place the death toll at 70 to 100, many childern. Several reported that airstrikes had targeted clinics treating the wounded. Khan Sheikhoun, Idhib Province is a rebel-held town of 165,000. Around 30 Turkish ambulances gathered at the border in Hatay Province for medical evacuation of victims after the Syrian toxic gas attack, to be brought to Turkey for immediate medical aid. (Credit Image: © Ferhat Dervisoglu/Depo Photos via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 4, 2017 - Khan Sheikhoun, Idhib Province, Syria - Syrian Civil Defense aka the White Helmets, helping victims after morning attack of a suspected serious lethal gas (most likely sarin nerve gas), in rebel-held Idlib Province in northwestern Syria, near Turkey (population 165,000). A score wounded and over dozen already dead, others might die shortly as a after effect of exposure to deadly gases. The inhabitants are overwhelmingly Sunni Muslims, although there is a significant Christian minority. (Credit Image: © Syria Civil Defence via ZUMA Wire).
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  • April 4, 2017 - Khan Sheikhoun, Idhib Province, Syria - Syrian Civil Defense aka the White Helmets, helping a victim, after morning attack of a suspected serious lethal gas (most likely sarin nerve gas), in rebel-held Idlib Province in northwestern Syria, near Turkey (population 165,000). A score wounded and over dozen already dead, others might die shortly as a after effect of exposure to deadly gases. The inhabitants are overwhelmingly Sunni Muslims, although there is a significant Christian minority. (Credit Image: © Syria Civil Defense via ZUMA Wire)
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  • A set of one-year-old conjoined twins who had been sharing part of their hearts have been successful separated following a mammoth seven-hour operation. Anna and Hope Richards were separated at the Texas Children’s Hospital in Texas, it was announced this week, by a multidisciplinary 75-strong team of surgeons, anesthesiologists, cardiologists and nurses. The girls were delivered via C-section on 29 December, 2016, at 35 weeks gestation, weighing a combined 9lbs 12oz (4.4kg) and were conjoined at their chest and abdomen, through the length of their torso and shared the chest wall, pericardial sac (lining of the heart), diaphragm and liver. In addition they had large blood vessels connecting their hearts. The twins are now recovering at the hospital and are expected to be strong enough to go home in about a month’s time. “We've thought about and prayed for this day for almost two years,” their mother Jill Richards said, who welcomed the girls along with her husband Michael and their sons Collin and Seth. “It's an indescribable feeling to look at our girls in two separate beds.” The epic surgery was carried out on January 13 and involved planning and preparation before the girls were even born. In November last year, aged 11 months, the twins underwent a surgical procedure to place tissue expanders to allow their skin to grow and stretch ready for their separation. Dr. Larry Hollier, surgeon-in-chief and chief of plastic surgery at Texas Children’s Hospital, said: “The success of this incredibly complex surgery was the result of our dedicated team members’ hard work throughout the last year. “Through simulations and countless planning meetings, we were able to prepare for situations that could arise during the separation. “We are thrilled with the outcome and look forward to continuing to care for Anna and Hope as they recover.” The Richards family, from North Texas, learned Jill was carrying conjoined twins during a routine ultrasound. The fam
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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