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 ‘Newborn Screening’ can save thousands of newborn lives The program is being run with a limited budget from the Nepal government. However, service recipients coming from other hospitals can avail the service by paying the fee set by the government. Paropakar Maternity and Gynecology Hospital has started the metabolic newborn screening service since Shravan 2081 to detect congenital diseases in newborns. Just because a baby looks healthy at birth does not guarantee its complete health. Some serious congenital diseases can also occur. Symptoms of such problems may not be visible immediately after birth, but if not identified in time, it can seriously affect the child’s physical, mental and intellectual development. Newborn screening is an effective way to identify such diseases at an early stage and start treatment. This service, which was started for the first time by Paropakar Maternity and Gynecology Hospital in Nepal, has so far tested thousands of newborns. Why is newborn s...