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ORN before they are quite rendy to start Ilving, today's

preinture babies face much better odds in their fight for. survival than those of, yesteryear. As selence makes new advances in the battle against 'the deadliest of all infant killers, the mortality rate has dropped greatly.

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Playing a key role in cutting down the deaths of bables born. before their normal time is. New York City's Premature Infants Emergency Service. Started two years ago by the Department of Health and the Department of Hospitals, this service is transporting annually more than 500 undersized tots to-17" 'hospitals now operating specially-equipped wards for their care,,

When a premature baby is born at home or in a small hospital, a call is put through to a control centre. As soon as . en infrinary voenncy comes along, a nurse-driver team sets out In an ambulance, containing a he ated cubicle, oxygen-fed portable. Incubator and oxygen for long runs.

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1951.

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Answering call, nurse Mary Jane Conlon and driver Howard Richter prepare to leciva Bellevue hespital on life-saving mission. Each nurse goos through extra six-wook training course, is responsible for child being taken fromóna hospital to another.

THE EARLY ARRIVAL, two-pound, 12-ounce Lorrain Walters, is dressed in a sterilized flannel jacket for her ride in the incubator, which looks somewhat like a pet carrier.

ONE OF TRIPLETS, tiny, Lorrain is taken to her mother's room before leaving hospital. The nurse is the only person allowed to touch the infant once carrier has been closed.

STANY check is kept on oxygen dials to make sure air is flowing evenly. "Free="30" ppiniply formed buat because of their immaturity cannot breathe proper

SLEEPING PEACEFULLY, Lorrain is carried to a Premature Ambulance which will transport her to a larger hospital. The vehicle carries two units to step

up the heat when necessary, 'but nearest, warmth comes from hot water bottles in incubator. Heat helps preserve the baby's energy during the trip

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