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Another milestone: KNH successfully transfuses 25-week-old fetus

The transfusion procedure lasts for 30 to 60 minutes. [Courtesy KNH ]

The Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) has made another medical milestone after it successfully transfused a 25-week-old fetus while still in the mother's uterus.

The medical procedure known as the Intrauterine Fetal Transfusion, is done by injecting red blood cells from a donor into the fetus. According to KNH, the medical procedure may be recommended when a fetus suffers anemia (low count of red blood cells).

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