UK News 16-06-2005 who: Midwifery manager Dot Smith what: Fits newborn babies with electronic tags to prevent abduction where: Medway NHS Trust, GILLINGHAM when: This week snippet: "If anyone attempts to take the baby outside the authorised maternity area, sirens sound and doors are sealed," says The Guardian. "We never had an abduction from Medway, but we thought it was better not to wait until we did before installing the best security," says Mrs Smith. In other baby-related news, Monday`s Sun says former model Soheyla Zolfaghary from Leeds has beaten odds of 11-and-a-half million-to-one against by conceiving and giving birth to quads while on the pill; The Guardian reports on a survey of 1,200 working fathers which found four-out-of-five "would be happy to stay at home and look after their child"; The Scotsman reports that the unborn baby of Abigail Witchalls, who was paralysed by a seemingly random knife attack two months ago, has survived and is developing normally; and glamour model Jordan gave birth to a premature but healthy 5lb 13oz baby boy on Monday morning. [... more]

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