Lifesaving children's screening
A baby's life has been saved thanks to a pioneering screening programme at Sheffield Children's Hospital.
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We have spoken to Professor Jim Bonham from Sheffield Children's Hospital about the new scheme to screen babies for more illnesses.
What is Maple Syrup Urine Disease?
A Birmingham baby who could have died from a rare metabolic disease has been saved by a pioneering UK screening project. But what is MSUD?
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Sheffield doctors save newborns with extra screenings
A new screening programme led by doctors from Sheffield has already saved the life of a newborn baby. Doctors are testing thousands of children for five rare conditions which can prove fatal. In one case they say if the condition hadn't been picked up the young girl would not have survived.
James Webster reports.
Birmingham baby saved by pioneering UK screening project
A baby from Birmingham who could have died from a rare metabolic disease has been saved by a pioneering UK screening project.
Five-month-old Habul Khatoom was found to have Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD) after a blood test at Birmingham Children's Hospital six days after she was born.
Habul's mum, Fahmeeda, wants to encourage other families to have the testing.