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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Paige Oldfield

Test offered to every child born in the UK exposed baby's '1 in 2500' condition

Shortly after little Millie Marie was born, her parents noticed she was struggling to gain any weight.

Though food was going “straight through” the Bolton tot, her family weren't overly concerned. But when a heel prick screening advised further testing, they feared the symptom could mean something sinister.

Tragically, results showed Millie Marie had cystic fibrosis in her pancreas – leaving the family devastated.

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