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Baby born to brain-dead mother after crash sets record

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 Her chances were slim [Photo: Shutterstock]

When a helicopter rushed an unconscious Czech woman who had suffered a severe stroke to hospital in April, her chances of survival were slim - and those of the foetus she had carried in her womb for 15 weeks little.

And yet, on August 15, against all odds, a healthy baby girl was born by caesarean section - weighing 2.13 kg (4.7 lb) and measuring 42 cm (16.5 inches) - to her brain-dead mother, setting a new record in the process, Brno’s University Hospital said on Monday. 

Britain fumes at reclining MP

The sight of hardline Brexit backer Jacob Rees-Mogg stretching out across the front bench of Britain’s parliament during a particularly heated debate has become an instant meme, causing anger among government opponents.

 Jacob Rees-Mogg [Photo: Courtesy]

With his tiny round glasses pointing at the ceiling and wearing a double-breasted suit, Rees-Mogg appeared to be taking a rest in the crucial final minutes before a crunch Brexit vote on Tuesday night lit up Twitter.

It came after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government had lost its working majority in parliament and was about to be dealt defeat over the terms on which Britain should leave EU

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