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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Health
Lucinda Cameron

Newborns with jaundice treated at home in sleeping bag-style garment

Cora Hardie has been treated in her own surroundings through the Hospital at Home service (Alicia Hardie /PA) -

Newborn babies with jaundice can now be treated at home in a special sleeping bag-style garment following the launch of a Hospital at Home service by Scotland’s biggest health board.

The service enables babies who meet the clinical criteria to receive phototherapy using the garment, which emits therapeutic light.

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