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Inside life-saving transfusion performed by KNH doctors

Doctors perform an Intrauterine Fetal Transfusion on an unborn baby at KNH. [Courtesy]

A team of doctors including Rosa Chemwey, Flavia Ogutu, Ikol Adung'o and Kunjira Murayi at the Kenyatta National Hospital has achieved a significant breakthrough by performing an Intrauterine Fetal Transfusion on an unborn baby.

This complex procedure involves delicately injecting red blood cells from a donor into the foetus while still in the mother's womb.

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