Birth defects articles
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‘I felt myself split into before and after’: how giving birth triggered a life-changing illness
Having a baby led to an unexpected disease and then surgery that altered Lauren Bensted’s body for ever. She talks about the pain she felt in being separated from her newborn, and her journey to learn to accept her new life“We’re going to have to disconnect you,” says the man at my bedside. Since I was hospitalised a fortnight ago, this man and his team have been trying to save my colon, a 5ft-long tangle of ulcers and inflammation. The speed and scale of my colon’s fury has fascinated doctors....
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Dan Poulter: Conservative MP and ex-minister defects to Labour
The doctor told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg he could no longer look NHS colleagues and patients in the eye and stay as a Conservative.
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'The NHS deserves better' says defecting Tory MP
Dr Poulter, who works part time as a doctor, says he struggled to "look my NHS colleagues in the eye".