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Award for premature quads

Compensation of £2mn has been awarded in a case involving a woman who was given the wrong dose of fertility drugs which resulted in quads. The quads were born prematurely, and one of the quads died shortly after the birth, another has cerebral palsy, and a third has behavioural problems. The award is shared between the three surviving quads.

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