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North central region has new prenatal-newborn screening facility

The Obstetrics-Paediatrics Hospital of the central province of Nghe An on October 20 inaugurated a prenatal-newborn screening centre, which will serve the north central region.
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Nghe An (VNA) – TheObstetrics-Paediatrics Hospital of the central province of Nghe An on October20 inaugurated a prenatal-newborn screening centre, which will serve the northcentral region.

At the ceremony, Deputy HealthMinister Nguyen Viet Tien said the centre will help improve population qualityin the region through the early detection and intervention of foetal and congenitalabnormalities.

The centre will hold trainingcourses on screening techniques for local medical workers in the time ahead.

The Nghe An Obstetrics-PaediatricsHospital only began to offer prenatal and newborn screening service in 2017. Asof the beginning of July this year, the hospital had screened 6,595 mothers-to-beand detected 858 cases of abnormalities.-VNA
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