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A family who was told their unborn baby was suffering from a life-threatening condition and needed immediate emergency treatment at birth have spoken about a lifeline that helped them through their ordeal.

Bilal's son Zinedine was rushed in for open-heart surgery just two weeks after being born. He had been diagnosed with a hypoplastic aortic arch, a congenital heart defect that prevents blood from flowing from a major artery.

The devastating news came during their anomaly ultrasound scan, in which the family were given the option to either abort their child or 'take the risk' with major, life-saving surgery shortly after his birth.

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Bilal from Worsley , and his partne

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