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Should we delay clamping the umbilical cord?

Should we delay clamping the umbilical cord?

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea · Newstalk

November 26, 202339m 6s

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Show Notes

Joining Jonathan to discuss new research that indicates that a delay in clamping the umbilical cord of premature babies could decrease the risk of death by as much as two-thirds is Professor Eugene Dempsey, Horgan Chair in Neonatology at the INFANT Centre at UCC.

Also joining Jonathan for Newsround is physicist, Philip Smyth, and sustainable food production scientist, Laura Healy.