{
  "id": 19659613,
  "title": "Premature babies: Experts want government to subsidise life-saving treatment",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/premature-babies-experts-want-government-to-subsidise-life-saving",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-12T13:13:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KBC",
    "slug": "kbc",
    "url": "https://www.kbc.co.ke/premature-babies-experts-want-government-to-subsidise-life-saving-treatment/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Health experts are calling on the government to consider subsidizing life-saving treatment for premature babies, citing that the high cost of essential medication is putting vulnerable newborns at risk. Dr Celia Kariuki, a neonatologist at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital and a member of the Kenya Paediatric Association, says the cost of surfactant, a specialised medicine […] The post Premature babies:…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}