Liverpool Life 3:9 November 25 2014

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25-November-2014

INSIDE THIS WEEK’S ISSUE... NEWS

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Childsafe job for Bulger’s mum

LIFEextra

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Why Angie feels like a kid

SPORT

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Bellew’s revenge against Cleverly

OUR LITTLE MIRACLES

Parents’ tribute to life-saving work of hospital

By MEGAN HILL and HANNAH ANDERSON

PREMATURE: Darcie Graham fighting for her life at Liverpool Women’s

©Hannah Anderson

People around the country have taken to Twitter to thank Liverpool Women’s Hospital for its extraordinary work after the hospital was featured in a fly-onthe wall TV series aired on Channel 5. Miracle babies is shown at 9pm on Tuesdays for four weeks and gives an emotional glimpse behind the scenes of the Neonatal Unit in the hospital. It celebrates both the remarkable work of the doctors and midwives as well as the overwhelming courage of the parents having to stay strong for their premature babies. The staff have been inundated with positive messages on their social media since the series started. Mark Roberts, Communications Manager at Liverpool Women’s Hospital, told Liverpool Life: “The response that the first episode of Miracle Babies received across Facebook and Twitter has been overwhelmingly positive. “If anyone has any doubt about how loved the NHS is, they should search#MiracleBabies on Twitter and read through the waves and waves of tributes that have been paid to the work of our nurses, midwives and clinicians this week.” Laura Graham, 24, from Kikby, told Liverpool Life she will never forget how Liverpool Women’s cared for her babies. She said: “It was a scary time for me, my husband and our family as we didn’t know if our babies would survive. Continued on page 5


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