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Doctors Without Borders Delivers Nepal Quake Survivor's Baby

Doctors w/o Borders posted this photo to Twitter on May 4, 2015 with the caption, "MSF surgical team in #Nepal deliver the first baby of earthquake survivors in Bhaktapur."
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May 04, 2015, 5:56 PM

 -- After the 7.8-magnitude Nepal earthquake left at least 7,000 dead, Doctors Without Borders brought new life into the world, delivering a baby girl in Bhaktapur.

Doctors Without Borders surgeons delivered the baby on May 1, making it the first they'd delivered in the area since the quake. According to the organization's website, it was an emergency delivery.

The earthquake shook the Kathmandu Valley more than a week ago. According to the United Nations, the natural disaster affected 8.1 million people.

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