Place of Conception
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Place of Conception
Image: © Peter Thwaite Taken: 8 May 2011
Dr Kershaw's Hospice, Turf Lane, Royton. On 10 November 1977, when the hospice was Dr Kershaw's Cottage Hospital and part of the NHS estate, the first test tube baby was conceived here. On 25 July 1978 Louise Joy Brown was delivered at the nearby Boundary Park Hospital (then known as the Oldham & District General Hospital and now known as the Royal Oldham Hospital).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.561006
Longitude
-2.112131