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New 3D baby scanner in Wiltshire |
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A scan
from the new equipment, showing an unborn baby in full colour and
3D for the first time.
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Pregnant
mothers at a doctor's surgery in Wiltshire are among the first in
Britain to see their unborn babies in 3D, thanks to a new type of
ultra-sound scanner. |
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The
Taw Hill Medical Centre in Swindon is one of only a handful of surgeries
to use the new equipment, which costs around one £1,000.
It
allows expectant mums and dads to see their child in three dimensional
colour images.
Doctor
Peter Crouch, a partner at the practice, told BBC Radio Swindon
that the results are a vast improvement on the pictures from old-style
scanners, which are usually hard to make out.
All
registered patients at the surgery are being offered a scan for
free after 28 weeks of pregnancy.
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