Egypt’s Healthcare Authority announced that more than 46,000 newborns underwent audiological examination in the four comprehensive health insurance governorates: Port Said, Luxor, Ismailia, and South Sinai. This came within the president of the republic’s initiative for early detection of hearing impairment in newborns. After conducting the initial examination of children, if any symptoms are proven in the newborn, he is transferred to the audiology unit of the authority in the governorates of the comprehensive health insurance, each in his governorate, with the aim of following up and evaluating the child’s condition more accurately, and then starting medical treatment. In a statement on Tuesday, the authority pointed out that the nursing teams in the health facilities affiliated with the authority were trained to work and examine newborns during their first month by using the sound emission device and re-examination again after another week in the event that the device showed problems or hearing impairment in the newborn. The authority also stressed the importance of going to health units and centres that provide early detection services for hearing impairment for newborns in the three governorates, for all newborns from the age of one day to 25 days, each in his governorate, in the interest of the safety and health of our children.

Source: Daily News Egypt July 05, 2023 15:59 UTC