A Turkish woman is the first in the world to have successfully received a womb from a deceased donor, raising hopes for millions of women to bear a child.

Doctors at Akdeniz University Hospital in Antalya successfully transplanted a womb on 9 August to Derya Sert, who was born without a uterus, like one in every 5,000 women around the world. Details were issued today.

AFP TV reports

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