Haryana Government has set up District Early Intervention Centres (DEIC) in all the district hospitals for preliminary examination, medical management and treatment of newly born.
Health Minister, Rao Narender Singh said that Haryana has become the first State to start DEIC in all the district hospitals in the State, under Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram. The doctors appointed in these centres check the ability of hearing and vision, heart problems and deficiencies found in new born since their birth and other disabilities.
These centres are directly linked with Sick Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) of hospitals and the children coming to SNCU gets 100 per cent registration. Apart from this, the postnatal cases and children admitted in children ward are also covered under these centres.
Rao Narender Singh said that out of total children admitted in all SNCU of district hospitals, developmental delays and other disabilities have been found in about 20 per cent of such children. Keeping in view such children, DEIC have been set up in all district hospitals.
He said that disorders usually found in newborns like cleft lip and clubfoot are also being treated in these centres. Treatment of clubfoot children is being done at these centres through Ponseti method without any operation or plaster and the Department has achieved a great success in it, added Rao Narender Singh.
He said that staff of 14 members has been appointed at all DEIC. Apart from this, Nutrition Rehabilitation Centres are being set up in 11 districts for critically ill children with severe acute malnourishment and moderately acute malnourishment.