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Old 25-01-20, 06:09
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Originally Posted by KiwiChris View Post
I have worked for 50 years as a scientist in a medical laboratory, and when I started work, Rh disease was a not uncommon cause of death in the newborn. In fact I worked in the same hospital as, and met, Sir Bill Lilley who pioneered blood transfusions of these babies while still in the womb. Now Rh disease is virtually unknown.
But now when I come across families with only one or two children, I wonder what their blood groups were and how many children were lost that we will never know about.
My husband was an "Rh baby", and 70 years on he still has the scars from his blood transfusions.
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