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What Was Thalidomide Tragedy? Over 6 Decades On, Australia Sorry For Babies Born With Birth Defects
Australia will formally apologise to the people affected by the 'thalidomide tragedy', more than six decades after thalidomide resulted in birth defects in tens of thousands of babies.
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The sedative drug which contained thalidomide was widely distributed to many pregnant women in Australia and around the world in the late 1950s and early 1960s, but it was later discovered that thalidomide resulted in birth defects.
Thalidomide Tragedy: The Australian government will formally apologise to the people affected by the 'thalidomide tragedy', more than six decades after thalidomide, the active ingredient in a sedative drug, resulted in birth defects in the babies of the mothers who consumed the medicine as a treatment for morning sickness while they were pregnant. Australia's prime minister Anthony Albanese will deliver the apology on November 29, 2023, on behalf of the Australian Government, Parliament, and the
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