MORE than 1,200 premature babies have so far benefitted from the Breathe Easy Campaign, which was partially sponsored by The Tribune Media Group.

Almost $400,000 was raised to secure life-saving ventilators and incubators for neo-natal babies at the Princess Margaret Hospital.

Michelle Rassin, the former president of the Rotary Club of East Nassau who helped spearhead the initiative, said around 50 infants per month go through the neo-natal intensive care unit. These high risk new borns, who are premature and usually critically ill, all benefit from the availability of ventilators and incubators.

Some babies in the facility are as young as 24 weeks, or just under six months. At that age, their lung ...

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