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‘The NHS is our national treasure’: First NHS baby lauds health service on 75th anniversary
Aneira Thomas, the first baby to be born on the NHS
THE first baby born in the NHS has today called for children to be taught about the “national treasure” as she worries for its future on her birthday.
At a minute past midnight on July 5 1948, Aneira “Nye” Thomas became the first baby born in the NHS at Amman Valley Hospital in Wales.
Ms Thomas, who was named after the service’s founder Aneurin Bevan, said: “The NHS touches all our lives and we’re all guilty of taking it for granted.
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