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Baby girl born extremely premature discharged after weeks in ICU

A baby believed to be Australia's most premature survivor has left hospital after 14 weeks of intensive care.

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A baby girl weighing less than a can of Coke has been discharged from hospital after spending 14 weeks in intensive care. Doctors believe she is the most premature baby to survive in Australia. Her mother initially feared the newborn would not make it.

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Baby girl born weighing less than a can of Coke discharged

A baby that doctors believe is the most premature to survive in Australia has been discharged from hospital after spending 14 weeks in ICU.

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Stuff

Meet baby Miracle: The premature baby who weighed less than a can of coke

“I took one look at her and I was like, ‘there’s no way she’s going to make it’,” remembers Annrose Tunavasa of the day she met her baby girl.

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